I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.

Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.

I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for the literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.

I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.

The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.

People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.