Kristina Ohlsson books

Kristina Ohlsson is a Swedish crime writer and former counter-terrorism analyst known for the Fredrika Bergman series and the Martin Benner thrillers.

Fredrika Bergman Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Unwanted 2009 Buy
Silenced 2010 Buy
The Disappeared / Guardian Angels 2011 Buy
Hostage 2012 Buy
The Chosen 2013 Buy
The Flood 2019 Buy

Glass Children Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Glass Children 2013 Buy
The Silver Boy 2014 Buy

Martin Benner Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Lotus blues 2014 N/A
Buried Lies 2017 Buy
Mios blues 2015 N/A
The Lies We Tell 2018 Buy

Kristina Ohlsson was born on March 2, 1979, in Sweden. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in counter-terrorism and security policy, holding positions at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Swedish Security Service, and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. That professional background shows up clearly in her fiction, which treats police procedure and bureaucratic politics with the specificity of someone who has worked inside those systems.

Her Fredrika Bergman series, which began with Unwanted in 2009, became a bestseller in Sweden and was shortlisted for Best Crime Novel of the Year by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers. The series has been translated into dozens of languages. She followed it with the Martin Benner thrillers, centered on a defense lawyer pulled into criminal conspiracies, and the Glass Children books, a departure into children’s fiction that won the Swedish Radio Children’s Novel of the Year award in 2013.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Kristina Ohlsson written?

Kristina Ohlsson has written twelve books across three series.

What was Kristina Ohlsson's first book?

Kristina Ohlsson’s first book is Unwanted, published in 2009.

What did Kristina Ohlsson do before becoming an author?

Before writing fiction, Ohlsson worked as a counter-terrorism officer at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and held positions at the Swedish Security Service, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the Swedish National Defence College. Her professional background in security analysis informs the procedural detail in her crime novels.

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