Christoffer Carlsson

Christoffer Carlsson (born 1986) is a Swedish author and criminologist who earned his doctorate at Stockholm University. In 2012, he received the Young Criminologist Award from the European Society of Criminology. His debut novel, The Tower of Dead Souls, the first book in the series featuring police officer Leo Junker, won the Swedish Crime Writers’ Award in 2013, making Carlsson its youngest recipient. His other novels include Dirty Snow, The Liar and His Executioner, and Under the Storm. The Leo Junker series has been sold in numerous countries, and Under the Storm was nominated for the Swedish Crime Writers’ Award in 2019.