Erik Axl Sund

Erik Axl Sund is the pen name of Swedish author duo Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist. Erik Axl Sund is the author of four novels so far: Crow Girl (2010), Hunger Fire (2011) and Pythia's Instructions (2012), that form the trilogy about Victoria Bergman, and Glass Bodies (2014), the first stand-alone novel in the new Melancholia trilogy.

These dark and addictive novels became an immediate success in Sweden, both critical and commercial. The Victoria Bergman trilogy is the latest literary phenomenon in Swedish crime fiction and a milestone in contemporary crime fiction in general. In the US, UK, China, Korea, and several other countries, the three novels in the trilogy will be published merged into an explosive one-volume edition in Spring 2015.

The Victoria Bergman trilogy received the '2012 Special Award' from the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers. The academy highlighted the trilogy's "hypnotically captivating psychoanalysis in crime fiction form."

After publishing Glass Bodies in May 2014, Erik Axl Sund is now working on the second stand-alone installment in the new Melancholia trilogy, to be published in Sweden in 2015 by Swedish publisher Ordfront.

Jerker Eriksson was born in Gävle in 1974. Among many other jobs, he has been the producer of Håkan's electro punk band i love you baby! and has toured with the band in many countries in Eastern Europe. He has also worked as a caretaker, loader, warehouse manager and prison librarian. He currently lives in Stockholm with his wife Sara.

Håkan Axlander Sundquist was born in Linköping in 1965. Before starting his writing career with Jerker, he has worked as a sound engineer, musician and artist, with more than 50 art exhibitions in Scandinavia. With his band, he toured in many Easten European countries in the early 2000's. He currently lives in Stockholm with his girlfriend Nina and their one-year-old son Ante.