Category Archives: The Tattooed Girl

Noomi Rapace and Niels Arden Oplev re-team for Dead Man Down

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Alex Billington of FirstShowing.net reports on this gritty thriller, due in theaters in March, which reunites Noomi Rapace, the star of the three-part Scandinavian-made film series based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, with the trilogy’s Danish director,  Niels Arden Oplev. … Continue reading →

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Flash! Lisbeth Salander Joins the Rolling Stones!

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

The Rolling Stones, who for decades have managed to make themselves relevant to the trends of the day, have done it again with their recently released video of their hit, “Doom and Gloom.” And it is so 2012: Zombies, environmental … Continue reading →

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New York Times Magazine cover story brings memories of Ronald Niedermann

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

The New York Times Magazine devoted its cover story on November 18 to the struggle of Ashlyn Blocker, a teenage girl in Georgia who has a congenital condition that makes her insensitive to pain. Congenital insensitivity to pain (also known as … Continue reading →

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The Men Who Hate Women

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

Our headline here reflects, of course, the original title of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. The theme deservedly generated a lot more attention to the plague of violence against women, not just in Sweden but internationally (see Chapter 7 of The Tattooed Girl, for example). Now, three Swedish academics … Continue reading →

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Those bloody Scandinavians

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

People have pointed out that Nordic Noir says a lot about social issues in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland; about the dark reaches of the mind, in detectives and criminals alike; and even something about a world culture that’s so … Continue reading →

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Stieg and Eva, Sam and Suzanne

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Readers of this blog are well aware of the tragedy that has befallen Eva Gabrielsson, the life partner of Stieg Larsson, who has been denied any right to his literary or financial estate. Under Swedish inheritance law, common-law partners cannot … Continue reading →

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“The Poet of the Space Age”: In Memory of Ray Bradbury

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

In the commentary that follows, John-Henri Holmberg, co-author of The Tattooed Girl, longtime friend of Stieg Larsson’s, and expert on science fiction, shares some of his thoughts on the recent death of Ray Bradbury, who passed away at 91. As … Continue reading →

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“Killer Nashville” selects The Tattooed Girl as Book of the Day

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

The website KillerNashville.com has selected The Tattooed Girl as its “book of the day.”  The site is an online community of readers and writers of mystery and suspense fiction. See the post by founder Clay Stafford below. Killer Nashville’s Book of the … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Edgar

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

As reported before, we three authors of The Tattooed Girl were honored to be nominated for a 2012 Edgar Award. The “Edgars” are the equivalents of the Oscars for mystery writers, bestowed annually in a variety of categories by Mystery Writers of America. … Continue reading →

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Mad Men, 1966, and Stieg Larsson

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

The new season of the TV show Mad Men has grabbed its biggest audience ever and triggered new media interest in the culture of 1966, which provides the backdrop for this year’s plot. Having been through the death of JFK and the … Continue reading →

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