Anna Jansson
Anna Maria Angelika Jansson (born 13 February 1958) is a Swedish crime writer and nurse from Visby, Gotland. She started her career as a surgeon nurse, but soon went over to the lung clinic due to her frequent fainting from seeing blood.[1]
Jansson began writing novels in 1997 after her family bought a new computer.[2] At this time she had worked as a nurse for twenty years, and although she still enjoyed her occupation, she felt it was time to try something new.[1] A contributing factor to Jansson's decision to pursue her career as an author was her patients; she often met patients that that were about to die and they told her that they regretted the fact that they had not spent much time in life doing what they really wanted.[1] Jansson commented: "In school I hated to write essays, but then we got a computer at home, and suddenly I discovered that I actually felt happy as I was writing."[1]
The inspiration for Jansson's novels, which most often deal with crimes, came from the patients she met in her job as a nurse.[1] Jansson's first crime novel to be published was Stum sitter guden in 2000. She had written two novels prior to this one, but failed to find a publisher for them.[2] Jansson did not give up on her career as a nurse, and continued to work part-time at the Örebro Hospital.[1] Since 2000, she has published at least one novel each year. Her latest ones have sold over 100,000 copies each.[1] In addition to this, Janosson has written a number of children's books.[1]
Jansson's crime novels take place in Gotland and the main character in all of them are criminal inspector Maria Wern.[3][4] Her 2006 novel Främmande fågel was nominated for a Glass Key award in 2007,[4] and was adapted into a television show by TV4 in 2008.[5]
Despite her now successful career as a writer, Jansson still works part-time as a nurse at Örebro Hospital's lung clinic.[1][6] She has tree children and lives in Vintrosa outside of Örebro.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lagerblad, Anna (2007-07-08). "Karriärbyte mitt i livet". E24 Näringsliv (in Swedish). Stockholm. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b "Världsbokdagen firas med besök av deckarförfattaren Anna Jansson". Hällekis-Kuriren (in Swedish). Hällekis. 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ "Mord i gotländsk sommarnatt". Dala-Demokraten (in Swedish). Falun. 2004-05-14. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b "Anna Jansson årets kandidat till Glasnyckeln" (in Swedish). Visby: Gotland.net. 2007-03-27. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Redvall, Eva (2007-07-13). "Anna Janssons deckare blir tv-serie". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Malmö. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ "Lunchvanor och Anna Jansson" (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radio. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2009-12-21.