Sofie Sarenbrant (born 1978) is a Swedish author. Her fictional books about police officer Emma Sköld have sold two million copies in fourteen countries.
Biography
Sarenbrant was born in
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
on 4 January 1978. At the age of two her family moved to Narebo in Östergötland. After ending school she moved to
Västervik
Västervik is a city status in Sweden, city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 36,747 inhabitants in 2021. Västervik is one of three coastal towns with a notable population size in the province of Småland.
Cl ...
where she studied media in high school. She began her journalism career as a freelance journalist for
Veckorevyn, she has since worked for
Expressen
(''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal, was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or " to your rescue".
The newspaper awards the cultu ...
, Friskispressen and
Amelia.
Sarenbrant debuted as an author with the book ''Vecka 36'' in 2010. She is perhaps best known for her series of novels about the police officer Emma Sköld who was introduced in the book ''Vila i frid''. Sarenbrand wanted the lead figure to be a young and ambitious woman, in comparison to the stereotypical image of a police officer as an alcoholic and being depressed. The third book in the series ''Visning pågår'' became the best-selling crime novel of 2015, and ''Tiggaren'', the fifth part of the book series became the second best-selling crime novel of 2017 in Sweden.
The book ''Bakom din rygg'' which was published in 2017, was the first in a series of three books about three hairdressers in Östermalm. In 2019, the seventh book about Emma Sköld named ''Skamvrån'' was published.
Bibliography
*Vecka 36. Malmö: Damm. 2010. Libris
*I stället för dig. Malmö: Damm. 2011. Libris
*Vila i frid. Damm förlag. 2012. Libris
*Andra andningen. Damm förlag. 2013. Libris
*Visning pågår. Damm förlag. 2014. Libris
*Avdelning 73. Massolit förlag. 2015.
*Tiggaren. Bookmark förlag. 2016.
*Bakom din rygg. Bookmark förlag. 2017.
*Syndabocken. Bookmark förlag. 2018.
*Skamvrån. Bookmark förlag. 2019.
References
External links
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Living people
1978 births
21st-century Swedish writers
Writers from Stockholm