Ebba Segerberg is an

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and

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, noted for her translations of

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literature into English. Segerberg is a Director of Communications at Washington University in St. Louis. She earned a Ph.D. from the

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, Department of Scandinavian in 1999. She has contributed to ''The

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: 20th Century Swedish Writers''.

Selected bibliography

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* John Ajvide Lindqvist, '' Let the Right One In'', St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2008 *

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a numb ...

, ''

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'', New Press ; Distributed by W.W. Norton, New York, 2002 *

, '' Firewall'', New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, New York, 2002 *

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Before the Frost ''Before the Frost'' (''Innan Frosten'', 2002) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell. The protagonist is Linda Wallander, daughter of Inspector Wallander. The book was to be the first in a three-book series with Linda as the main c ...

'', New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, New York, 2005 * Kjell Eriksson, ''The princess of Burundi'', Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2006 * Kjell Eriksson, ''The Cruel Stars of the Night'', Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2007, * John Ajvide Lindqvist, ''Let Me In'', Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2007 *

, ''The pyramid : and four other Kurt Wallander mysteries'', New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, New York, 2008 * Kjell Eriksson, ''The hand that trembles : a mystery'', Minotaur Books, New York, 2011, *

, ''The Shadow Girls'', New Press, New York, 2012,

Other publications

* ''Nostalgia, Narrative, and Modernity in Swedish Silent Cinema'' (author), Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, 1999

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Segerberg, Ebba Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Swedish–English translators Washington University in St. Louis faculty American translators American women writers