Quote of the day
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
Maj Sjöwall
Born: September 25, 1935
Died: April 29, 2020 (aged 84)
Bio: Maj Sjöwall was a Swedish author and translator. She was best known for the collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm. They also wrote novels separately.
Known for:
- Roseanna (1965)
- The Laughing Policeman (1968)
- The Terrorists (1975)
- The Man on the Balcony (1967)
- The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (1965)