Emelie Schepp
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Emelie Schepp | |
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 Emelie Schepp in 2014 | |
| Born | 5 September 1979 Motala, Sweden |
| Occupation | Crime author |
| Notable work | Märkta för livet (Marked for Life) |
Emelie Schepp (born 5 September 1979) is a Swedish crime author. Her crime novels are centered around Norrköping and focus on the main figure Jana Berzelius, a public prosecutor.[1] An exception is Hundra dagar i juli (2024), about organ transplantation, which is set in her native town Motala.
Schepp was born in Motala. In 2013, she made her debut with the crime novel Märkta för livet (English: Marked for Life, trans. Rod Bradbury) which sold 40,000 copies in just six months. She then signed a book deal for three books with Wahlström & Widstrand in the fall of 2014, re-releasing her debut book the same year.[1]
Her Berzelius books have sold over a million copies worldwide.[2] The rights of the series have been sold to thirty countries, and the books have been translated into Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and Turkish (January 2019).[3] An adaptation of Märkta för livet as Jana: Marked for Life was broadcast in 2024.[4][5][6]
