Uploaded May 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"My dream was always to become a writer, but I didn't think it was anything you could actually do. It was like my big rock star dream," says Camilla Läckberg.
Here, Swedish crime fiction sensation Läckberg talks about her path to publication, from the first book she wrote at the tender age of four, to her emulation of her role model Agatha Christie, to what it was like to get her first "yes" from a publisher.
"My dream was always to become a writer, but I didn't think it was anything you could actually do. It was like my big rock star dream," says Camilla Läckberg.
Here, Swedish crime fiction sensation Läckberg talks about her path to publication, from the first book she wrote at the tender age of four, to her emulation of her role model Agatha Christie, to what it was like to get her first "yes" from a publisher.




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