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Steig Larsson was born on August 15th 1954 and died on November 9th 2004 due to a heart attack. He wrote professionally as a Swedish journalist and writer, he published his millenium series after his death. He was the second best author in the world in 2008 and his millenium books had sold 27 million copies in more than 40 countries. Larssons first writing style was actually in sicence fiction rather than the popular crime fiction and had published quite a few short stories. He was initially a political activist for the Kommunistiska Arbetareförbundet and a photographer. In relation to Larssons death there were some thoughts that it was induced because of death threats he had earlier received, but they were later denied by  his publisher.

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