The Voices Beyond: (Oland Quartet Series 4) (53 page)

Finally, I would like to thank some of the authors who have written about Öland before me and pointed out interesting routes around the island: Tomas Arvidsson, Thekla Engström, Margit Friberg, Carl von Linné (who, unfortunately, was in a bit of a hurry when he travelled through northern Öland), Thorsten Jansson, Anders Johansson, Barbro Lindgren, Åke Lundqvist, Anders Nilson, Rolf Nilsson, Per Planhammar, Ragnhild Oxhagen, Anna Rydstedt, Niklas Törnlund and Magnus Utvik. And the island’s two lyrical stars, Lennart Sjögren and Erik Johan Stagnelius.

Johan Theorin

Throughout his life,
Johan Theorin
has been a regular visitor to the Baltic island of Öland. His mother’s family – sailors, fishermen and farmers – have lived there for centuries, nurturing the island’s rich legacy of strange tales and folklore.

Johan’s first novel,
Echoes from the Dead
, was voted Best First Crime Novel by the Swedish Academy of Crime in 2007, was a Top Ten bestseller, and has been sold all over the world. His second novel,
The Darkest Room
, was voted the Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2008, won the prestigious Glass Key Award for best Nordic Crime Novel and the CWA International Dagger in 2010.

A journalist by profession, Johan lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Echoes from the Dead
The Darkest Room
The Quarry
The Asylum

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Poem
here
from Harry Martinson: ‘
Midsommardrömmen
’,
Gräsen i Thule
, 1958
Poem
here
from Lennart Sjögren:
‘Jag säger inte att livet är gott’, Sent, tidigt
, 2001
Poem
here
from Dan Andersson:
‘En gång i min ungdom’, Efterlämnade dikter
, 1922
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