Pascal Engman

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Pascal Carl Orlando Engman Murchio (born 30 July 1986) is a Swedish author and journalist. With more than 600,000 copies of his books sold in Sweden alone, he is the best-selling Swedish author in the millennial generation. [1] His works have been translated into 19 languages. [2] Portrayed as a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction, [3] [4] Engman has been called "the master of the new generation" by David Lagercrantz, the author of the later books in the Millennium series. [5]

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Early life and journalism career

Engman was born in Stockholm, Sweden to a Swedish mother and a Chilean father.[ citation needed ]

He began his professional life as a journalist, working first at the regional newspaper Trelleborgs Allehanda, then at online magazine Nyheter24, [6] then at the Swedish evening newspaper Expressen. [7]

Writing career

Engman's debut novel, Patrioterna (‘The Patriots’), was published in Sweden in 2017. [8]

Soon after publishing, the TV rights to The Patriots were sold to Fabrik Entertainment in Los Angeles, the production company behind Amazon Prime's Bosch series and AMC's The Killing. [9]

Following that stand-alone title, he began writing a series about police detective Vanessa Frank. As of 2022, there are four titles in the Vanessa Frank series: Eldslandet (‘The Land of Fire’), Råttkungen (‘The Rat King’), Änkorna (‘The Widows’) and Kokain (‘Cocaine’). [10] Råttkungen is the first of these to be published in English, under the title Femicide, [11] by Legend Press as part of a three-book deal. Femicide has already sold over 100,000 copies in Sweden alone. [2]

The Vanessa Frank series is sold in over 20 countries and has been translated into 19 languages including English, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish. [2]

Literacy initiative

In 2020, Engman founded the Pascal Engman Foundation, which works to promote reading amongst children and young people in Sweden. The foundation was officially launched in 2021 [12] . Its main activity is to award an annual scholarship (‘Reading Promoter of the Year’) to an individual or an organisation that has made significant contributions in this field. [13] [14] The prize committee awarding the scholarship each year consists of several prominent media personalities, including former SVT CEO Eva Hamilton. [15]

Bibliography

The Vanessa Frank series

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  2. 1 2 3 "Legend Press lands Scandi crime trilogy from rising star Engman". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Legend Press lands Scandi crime trilogy from rising star Engman". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Läget. "Succéförfattaren Pascal Engman om karriären, yrket och pressen". sites.jmk.su.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Deckarförfattarnas miljoner: Så mycket pengar drar de in". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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