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Two worldsSwedish crime novelist unravels a global mystery

At the age of 62, Henning Mankell recently bought a pair of ice skates for the first time since he was a young boy growing up in northern Sweden. The occasion: a winter blizzard that virtually isolated his northern residence. The temporary loss of telephone service might concern others, but for Mankell, it was bliss to be suddenly transported back to the natural quietude of his youth.

In his latest mystery, The Man from Beijing, the best-selling author of Swedish crime fiction revisits his past in a different way. His heroine, Birgitta Roslin, is a college…

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Now you're talking

Dear Author Enablers,
I have a natural flair for dialogue as opposed to exposition and narration. I won third place in the 2008 Writer’s Digest Stage-Play contest and was one of 10 finalists in the Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Contest. I’m told my dialogue sparks interest in readers, but only my dialogue. Are there novels that are comprised exclusively…

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Author Forum

Advice worth takingAuthor Forum

In this feature exclusive to BookPage.com, each month, four authors are asked a question about the craft of writing to give readers an insight into how their favorite writers think and work. For October's author forum, BookPage brought together Madison Smartt Bell, Jordan Dane, Rick Mofina and Annie Solomon to ask: What was the best piece of writing advice you ever…

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