We welcome translator Marlaine Delargy to TheCrimeHouse and this interview!  Marlaine has among other things translated Johan Theorin and Åsa Larsson´s books from Swedish to English.

Can you tell us shortly about your background? What kind of education do you have? How did you become a translator? And why do you know Swedish?
I did a degree in Swedish [...]

We welcome the Swedish author Åsa Schwarz to TheCrimeHouse and this interview !
Can you tell us shortly what kind of crime novels you write? (Her latest novel is Nefilim – read our review of it here!)
I would say it is a thriller where current realities is mixed with history and religion. A simple way to describe them is that [...]

We at the CrimeHouse welcome the Danish crime author Michael Katz Krefeld to this interview. Krefelds second book, Pan´s Secret, about the doctor Maja Holm was just released in Sweden Read our review of Pan´s Secret here!
 
Michael, Can you give our readers some information about, age, where you live, where you are from etc.
I am 44 years [...]

Peter James, welcome to The Crime House!
If you were to describe yourself in only three words, which would they be?
Curious about everything.
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From film producer to crime author – how did that happen?

I have alternated throughout my career to date between writing and producing film and television and writing novels.  But now I am so [...]

We at TheCrimeHouse are proud to welcome Johan Theorin, winner of the CWA John Creasey (New blood) Award 2010, to this interview!
 
Can you describe what a day at work looks like for you?
I have a working room in an old house in central Gothenburg, where I sit between 10 am and 6 pm. Sometimes it’s really slow and [...]

We at TheCrimeHouse are very happy to welcome crime author Sara Paretsky to this interview!
On the photograph to the left you see Paretsky with the Cartier Diamond Dagger she recieved in 2002. The award is given by the Crime Writers´ Association of Great Britain to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime’s contribution to the crime fiction [...]

We are glad to Welcome the American crime fiction columnist and reviewer Oline H. Cogdill to TheCrimeHouse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           About:  Oline H. Cogdill has been a journalist for more than 30 years and is a mystery fiction columnist for the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, She also reviews mystery fiction for Mystery Scene magazine, Publishers Weekly and McClatchy Features Wire. [...]

We are delighted to welcome Ola Kumlin from Emmaboda Library in Sweden to TheCrimeHouse.
1. What criminal novels are the most popular?
The most popular criminal novel during 2009 was probably The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler. And of course the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson.
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2. Which criminal novel(s) would you recommend?
I actually don’t read that many criminal novels, but [...]

How was the “author” in you born?
I’ve always wanted to write, pretty much as soon as I could pick up a pen. I have no idea why. It was just instinctive, I suppose, and the urge is as strong today as it ever was.
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You write seriously ugly stories, why?

I wouldn’t call them ugly. [...]

We are delighted to welcome David S. Brody to TheCrimeHouse. Mr. Brody resides in Westford, Massachusetts with his family. His novels include Unlawful Deeds, Blood of the Tribe, The Wrong Abraham, and Cabal of the Westford Knight.
Did you believe in the Westford Knight legend prior to writing the Cabal of the Westford Knight: Templars at [...]