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Susanne Jansson was born in 1972 in Amal, Sweden. She later moved to Gothenburg to work in advertising and then to New York to study photography. After returning to Sweden, she worked as a freelance photographer while studying journalism, and for the past twenty years she has been combining her work as a photographer with being a freelance journalist focusing on reportage and profile stories in areas such as arts and culture. She has also written crime short stories for weekly magazines. She lives with her family in Lerum outside Gothenburg. The Forbidden Place is her debut novel, and has sold in twenty five territories around the world.
An ominous read with a creepy ambience. * Prima * Fans of Scandi Noir are sure to be hooked on this atmospheric and suspenseful thriller. -- Marika Cobbold A well-balanced combination of horror, suspense, folklore, and biology...it leaves you begging for more. * Johannas deckarhoerna * Jansson paints an atmospheric and mysterious portrait of the mire with the help of mist, light, and old legends. It becomes a place where life and death collide, a sort of anteroom to the realm of the dead...one of the absolute best suspense debuts this year * Crimegarden * Susanne Jansson's debut novel is thrilling, at times both creepy and frightening...sent shivers down my spine. * Nya Wermlands Tidning * The atmosphere is what makes me fall, head over heels: a lonely woman who rents out her city apartment and heads out into the wilderness . . . The Forbidden Place is one of the best and most complete debut novels I've ever read -- Lotta Olsson, <i>Dagens Nyheter</i> A bone-chillingly cool crime debut. -- Paula Hawkins, author of <i>The Girl on the Train</i>
