Kerstin Ekman
Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, is a Swedish novelist.Life and career
Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels but later went on to psychological and social themes. Among her later works is Mörker och blåbärsris and Händelser vid vatten, in which she returned to the form of the detective novel.
Ekman was elected member of the Swedish Academy in 1978, but left the Academy in 1989, together with Lars Gyllensten and Werner Aspenström, due to the debate following death threats posed to Salman Rushdie. In 2018, the Academy granted her resignation, the rules of membership having changed to allow members to resign.
In 1998, she was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal.
- Blackwater, translated by Joan Tate, 1996
- Under the Snow, translated by Joan Tate, 1997
- The Forest of Hours, translated 1998
- Grand final i skojarbranschen
- Då var allt levande och lustigt : om Clas Bjerkander : Linnélärjunge, präst och naturforskare i Västergötland
The Women and the Town (''Kvinnorna och staden'') Tetralogy
- Witches' Rings, translated by Linda Schenck, 1997
- The Spring, translated by Linda Schenck, 1999
- Angel House, translated by Sarah G. Death, 2002
- A City of Light, translated by Linda Schenck, 2003
The Wolfskin (''Vargskinnet'') Trilogy
- God's Mercy
- The Last String
- Lottery Scratchcards
