In what way did real-life events have an effect on «Those Who Follow»? This week I was interviewed by Poland´s largest web portal, onet.pl and by the the Gazeta´s weekend magazine. We talked about a tragic murder in Sweden, immigration, terrorism and how making a good soup is comparable to writing a crime novel. You can read […]
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The Polish Vote
After its release in Poland, Naśladowcy (Those Who Follow) is getting a very warm welcome. Just look what onet.pl, Poland´s largest web portal has to say about Naśladowcy in their review: «Although the Scandinavian crime fiction authors are known throughout the world, Johnsrud definitely stands out among them. (…) Those Who Follow have everything needed for a good detective […]
Nice reviews from Hungary
«A masterful story, with several shocking turns.» This is what the Hungarian magazine Eva writes about Those Who Follow, or Követők, which is the Hungarian title, in their review. It is exciting, and a little bit terrifying, to meet an audience in a new country for the first time. Today Those Who Follow was released in […]
Paperback writer
Last week, Those Who Follow was released as a paperback in Norway. It came out, exactly one year and one day after the book was first released and reviewed. The last couple of weeks I have been working with my Italian publisher Einaudi on introducing Gli Adepti (Those Who Follow) in Italy, where the investigators Fredrik Beier and Kafa Iqbal will […]
Gli Adepti!
First of all – happy new year! Six months have passed, since our last post. But I haven’t been resting. Instead I have been working on the second part of the story, about Fredrik Beier, Kafa Iqbal and the other characters from Those Who Follow. Or Gli Adepti as will be the Italian title, when […]
Norwegian Bestseller
For titles released the spring of 2015, Those Who Follow was the sixth best-selling Norwegian fiction, according to Bokhandlerforeningen (Norwegian Book Sellers Organization). Top of the list was Jo Nesbø’s Blood on Snow. Those Who Follow was released in Norway in January 2015. It will come out in several other countries throughout 2016. Read more […]