Stieg Larsson

Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (August 15, 1954 – November 9, 2004) was a Swedish journalist and writer. He is best known for writing the Millennium trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously and adapted as motion pictures.
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