This final volume from Mankell—the Swedish dramatist, theater director, and creator of the bestselling Kurt Wallander novels (and many other books)—includes 67 short essays written in the last two ...

Henning Mankell, trans. from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. Knopf, $26.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-307-96122-8 Africa features prominently in the work of Mankell (The Shadow Girls), both in his acclaimed ...

It’s not easy for an author to catch on across borders, but Swedish crime novelist Henning Mankell did it, all on the strength of a single character. Although Mankell wrote novels and plays about many ...

Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early Monday, his ...

CANNES — Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, who was a leading figure in the wave of “Nordic Noir” fiction and whose books sold more than 40 million copies, died in Goteborg, Sweden, on Monday at ...

Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early Monday. He ...

Henning Mankell, the Swedish author best known for writing the “Wallander” crime novels, died Monday. He was 67. “He died in his sleep early this morning in Göteborg,” a statement posted on his ...

was Henning Mankell's first entry in the popular Wallander series and the first of his books to appear in an English translation. In honor of tonight's Edgar awards, it seems appropriate to revisit ...

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Want to read something cold and dark on a hot summer day? We’ve got recommendations. By Tina Jordan and Marilyn Stasio Tales of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher; Henning ...

STOCKHOLM — Henning Mankell, one of the world’s top-selling crime writers in recent years, says he has cancer. The Swedish author, who turns 66 on Feb. 3, wrote on his website Wednesday that he ...