Director

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 74397

IMDb ID: nm0512137

Known for: Writing

Born: December 2, 1968

Age: 57

Place of birth: Blackeberg, Sweden

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1996 - 2026

Years active: 31

Average TMDB rating: 6.81

Wikidata: Q726307

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Biography

Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist is best known for writing mostly horror novels and short stories. Lindqvist grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg. His debut novel Let the Right One In, a romantic, social realistic vampire horror story published in 2004, enjoyed great success in Sweden and abroad. Handling the Undead was published in 2005 and involved the raising of zombies in the Stockholm area. His works are published by Ordfront and have been translated into many languages, including English, Bulgarian, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Dutch and Russian.