Carl-Johan Vallgren
Carl-Johan Vallgren (b. 1964) grew up in Falkenberg but now lives in Stockholm, where he works as a full-time writer. He made his debut in 1987 and achieved international recognition in 2002 with The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, which earned him the August Prize. His most recent novel, Your Time Will Come, was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy’s prize for Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2024.
Books by Carl-Johan Vallgren
Your Time Will Come
Carl-Johan Vallgren
Winner of the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Award for Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2024.The literary comeback by one of Sweden’s paramount novelists and depictors of inhumane evil and the beautiful prevalence of life.Falkenberg, 1993. It all begins w…
The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot
Carl-Johan Vallgren
Spanning almost two centuries, The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, his Wonderful Love and Terrible Hatred is a thrilling, disturbing and beautiful story, that has sold to over 20 countries. Hercule Barefoot is born…
