Lars Kepler

Lars Kepler is the pen name of the husband-and-wife writing team Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril, both established writers before they took the name. They are best known for the Joona Linna series, which follows detective Joona Linna through nine installments to date, including The Hypnotist and The Nightmare. Their stand-alone novel Playground appeared in Sweden in 2015, and in 2020 Albert Bonniers Förlag named Lars Kepler the best-selling author of the decade in Sweden.