John Ajvide Lindqvist

Infobox Writer

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name = John Ajvide Lindqvist
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birthdate = birth year and age|1968
birthplace = Blackeberg, Sweden
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occupation = Novelist, short story writer
nationality = Swedish
period = 2004–present
genre = Horror, thriller
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John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968 in Blackeberg, Sweden) is a Swedish horror writer.

Lindqvist grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg, and his debut novel "Låt den rätte komma in" ("Let the Right One In", 2007), a vampire horror published in 2004, enjoyed great success in Sweden. "Hanteringen av odöda" was published in 2005 and involved the rising of zombies, or the "re-living", in the Stockholm area, and in 2006 he released his third book "Pappersväggar", a collection of horror short stories. In 2007, his story "Tindalos" was published as a serial in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, and also published as a free audiobook through the newspaper's website, read by the author himself. His works are published by Ordfront and have been translated to many languages, including English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Dutch and Russian.

Before becoming a published writer, Lindqvist worked for twelve years as a magician and stand-up comedian. Already as a teenager, Lindqvist used to perform street magic for the tourists walking on Västerlånggatan in Stockholm.

Besides fiction he has also written the manuscript for Sveriges Television's drama series "Kommissionen", a large part of the material to the television series "Reuter & Skoog", as well as the manuscript for the upcoming filming of his novel "Let the Right One in". "Hanteringen av odöda" is also due to be filmed at some point in the future – the production company "Tre Vänner" has bought the rights and are planning to make a television series and motion picture.

Lindqvist is a devoted Morrissey fan. In interviews he has stated that his debut novel's Swedish name got its name from the Morrissey song Let the right one slip in. Furthermore, he has stated that his first thoughts when told that "Let the right one in" was to be translated into English was that he enjoyed the thoughts of Morrissey eventually becoming able to read the book whose name was borrowed from his song.

Books

* "Låt den rätte komma in" (2004) – English translation: "Let the Right One in" (2007), American translation: "Let Me in" (2007)
* "Hanteringen av odöda" (2005) – English translation: "Handling the Undead" (2008).
* "Pappersväggar" (2006).
* "Tindalos" (2007), published as a serial story in the Swedish daily "Dagens Nyheter".
* "Människohamn" (2008)

References

* cite web
title=John Ajvide Lindqvist
publisher=Ordfront förlag, Sweden
language=Swedish
url=http://www.ordfront.se/Bocker/Varaforfattare/JohnAjvideLindqvist.aspx
accessdate=2007-02-20
* cite web
title=John Ajvide Lindqvist
publisher=Text Publishing, Australia
language=English
url=http://www.textpublishing.com.au/
accessdate=2007-04-27
* cite web
title=John Ajvide Lindqvist
publisher=Quercus Publishing, UK
language=English
url=http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/
accessdate=2007-05-04
* cite web
title=John Ajvide Lindqvist
publisher=Damm, Norway
language=Norwegian
url=http://www.damm.no/forfattere/l/lindqvist_john_ajvide
accessdate=2007-04-27
* cite web
title=John Ajvide Lindqvist
publisher=Marsilio, Italy
language=Italian
url=http://www.marsilioeditori.it/schedalibro.htm?codice7=3179010
accessdate=2007-04-27
* cite web
title=Interview with John Ajvide Lindqvist
publisher=Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
language=Swedish
url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1353&a=727089
accessdate=2007-12-25