Golden Cage (Lackberg) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—August 30, 1974
• Where—Fjallbacka, Sweden
• Education—B.A., Gothenburg University
• Awards—People's Literature Award; SKTF Prize for Author of the Year
• Currently—lives in Enskede, Sweden


Camilla Lackberg Eriksson is a Swedish crime writer best know for her 10-volume detective series featuring Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck (2003-2017). A TV series based on the two detectives aired beginning in the early 2010s. Overall, Lackberg's works have been translated into more than 40 languages and published in 60 countries.

Background
Lackberg was born in Fjallbacka, Bohuslän, Sweden. After graduating from Gothenburg University with a degree in Economics, she moved to Stockholm, where she worked as an economist before beginning writing fiction seriously. She is a business partner in a jewellery company called Sahara Silver Jewelry AB.

Lackberg first married Micke Eriksson; they divorced in 2007. Under Swedish law, as Lackberg's ex-husband, Eriksson was entitled to half the revenue from the contracts signed during their marriage. Eventually it was agreed that she would pay him a lump sum.

In 2010, Lackberg married Martin Melin, winner of Expedition Robinson. The couple met at a 2005 release party for one of her books and began a working relationship. Melin proposed to Lackberg in August 2009.

In 2015, she became engaged to Simon Sköld, MMA fighter and author.

Lackberg has four children: Wille and Meja from her first marriage, Charlie from her second, and Polly from her relationship with Skold. Charlie is also the subject of Lackbergs first children's book, Super-Charlie. (Adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 7/15/2020.)