John Ajvide Lindqvist was born in 1968 and grew up in Blackeberg, an outer suburb of Stockholm. Let the Right One In (Lat den rätte komma in) is set in Blackeberg. It has been sold to numerous countries and a feature film is to be made in 2007. Before becoming a bestselling novelist, John Ajvide Lindqvist was a stand-up comedian and a writer of plays and TV scripts. He lives in Sweden with his wife and children.

Ebba Segerberg is a freelance translator based in St Louis, USA. She has translated novels by Swedish crime writers Henning Mankell and Kjell Eriksson.