Mons Kallentoft (born 15 April 1968), is a Swedish author and journalist. Kallentoft grew up in
Ljungsbro
Ljungsbro () is a locality situated area in Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,620 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 15 kilometers from the city of Linköping.
Through Ljungsbro runs Motala ström (stream) and G ...
outside
Linköping
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and lives in
Stockholm
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. He has written twelve books about Police Inspector Malin Fors. The series is translated in 28 countries.
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/ref> His book ''Midvinterblod'' was published as ''Midwinter Sacrifice'' in the UK and Australia by in October 2011, and as ''Midwinter Blood'' in US and Canada by Simon & Schuster
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in June 2012.[Midwinter Sacrifice (UK, Canada, Australia) – Official webpage](_blank)
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Bibliography
The Malin Fors novels
* 2007 – ''Midvinterblod'' (''Midwinter Sacrifice'', UK 2011, ''Midwinter Blood'', US 2012, trans. Neil Smith)
* 2008 – ''Sommardöden'' (''Summertime Death'', UK 2012, ''Summer Death'', US 2013, trans. Neil Smith)
* 2009 – ''Höstoffer'' (''Autumn Killing'', UK 2012, US 2014, trans. Neil Smith)
* 2010 – ''Vårlik'' (''Savage Spring'', UK 2013, ''Spring Remains'' US 2015, trans. Neil Smith)
* 2011 – ''Den femte årstiden'' (''The Fifth Season'', UK 2014, trans. Neil Smith)
* 2012 – ''Vattenänglar'' (''Water Angels'')
* 2013 – ''Vindsjälar'' (''Wind Souls'')
* 2014 – ''Jordstorm'' ("Earth Storm")
* 2015 – ''Eldjägarna'' ("Fire Hunters")
* 2016 – ''Djävulsdoften'' ("Devil's Scent")
* 2017 – ''Bödelskyssen'' ("The Executioner's Kiss")
* 2018 – ''Himmelskriket'' ("A Heaven's Cry")
Stand-alone novels
* ''Pesetas'' (2000)
* ''Marbella Club'' (2002)
* ''Fräsch, frisk och spontan'' (2005)
* ''Food noir: mat, mord och myter'' (2004)
* ''Food Junkie'' (2013)
Awards
* Katapultpriset, 2001
* Gourmand World Cookbook Award
A gourmand is a person who takes great pleasure and interest in consuming particularly good food and drink. ''Gourmand'' originally referred to a person who was "a glutton for food and drink", a person who eats and drinks excessively.
Etymolog ...
, 2005
* Hagdahlspriset, 2008
* Premio Espana, 2009
References
External links
Official webpage
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Swedish male writers
Swedish crime fiction writers
Nordic detective fiction writers
Nordic Noir writers
1968 births
Living people
People from Linköping Municipality
Writers from Östergötland County