10/3/2010

Camilla creates film company together with Tre Vänner

Camila has signed a deal with the film production company Tre Vänner to produce a television series called "The Fjällbacka Murders".

– My novels have been fantastically well received in Europe. It feels right to go forward with my characters in a new format and television is one of the most exiting media, says Camilla Läckberg.

”The Fjällbacka Murders” is based on the characters from Camilla Läckberg’s crime novels. As in the books the setting for the television series is the small town of Fjällbacka, but the stories are written specifically for television. The stories, which are all new, will be developed by Camilla Läckberg. From Tre Vänner Michael Hjorth, one of the company’s founders, will be the executive producer and Helen Ahlsson will be the producer.

– It is a large-scale and exciting venture that I make with Tre Vänner. Tre Vänner is a company that guarantees high production quality and has proven an instinctive feeling in prior cooperations with writers, says Camilla Läckberg.

”The Fjällbacka Murders” will be a lavish production in level with international successes like “Midsumer Murders” and “Murder, She Wrote”. “The Fjällbacka Murders” will be presented for international television companies at the trade fair Mipcom in Cannes in early October.

– ”The Fjällbacka Murders” will in its extent be Tre Vänner’s largest production ever. Camilla Läckberg is an international bestselling author with large vision, says Jonas Fors, ceo at Tre Vänner.

Furthermore Camilla Läckberg has made another large deal with Tre Vänner. The production

company has bought the movie and television rights for Camilla Läckberg’s three latest novels. The

deal, which also includes Camilla Läckberg’s future crime novels, will result in feature films or

television specials.

It’s always been my life’s dream to write detective novels. It first came true in 2003 when my first book The Ice Princess was published in Sweden and now, my seventh book, The Lighthouse Keeper has reached the shelves in Sweden at the same time as the rights to my books have been sold to over 30 countries worldwide. Here on my website you can find out about me, my books, and Fjällbacka, the place where I grew up and the scene of all my murders. Most of the characters in my books are fictional, but some are real people living in the area, and I’ll be telling you more about them in these pages. Happy reading! Camilla Läckberg

Camilla’s books are set in Fjällbacka, the coastal village where Camilla was born and raised. In northern Bohuslän, about 140 km north of Göteborg, lies the little community of Fjällbacka. Already a fishing village in the 17th century, Fjällbacka is now an idyll that’s steeped in history. Its name derives from the imposing rocky outcrop that the village encircles. Thousands of tourists visit Fjällbacka in the summer. For the rest of the year, there’s about 1,000 permanent residents. Fjällbacka might be small, but there are still hotels, cafés and shops. The best way to get to Fjällbacka without a car is by train to Uddevalla. You can also take a train to Dingle and from there take a bus to Fjällbacka, or alternatively fly to Trollhättan and make your way from there.

Crime-writers’ school – the seven steps I get lots of questions about my writing, many of them asking for advice. Unfortunately there are no miracle tips I can give. The most important thing is to make sure that you sit down and start writing, not that each sentence is perfectly composed. A wise person once said that writing is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, and I can personally vouch for the truth of that! So don’t get in a stew over how the words fall – just make sure THAT they fall. Let the words just flow. In other words: write, write, write! Here, I’d like to present my own seven-part crime-writers’ school. Each part contains tips and exercises as well as some pointers for books that you might find inspiring. Good luck!

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Please address all queries about Camilla Läckberg and her books to Nordin Agency for further assistance. E-mail: info@nordinagency.se Phone: +46-8-571 685 25 Address: Nordin Agency, P.O. Box 4244, 203 13 Malmö, Sweden For questions regarding sponsoring and press, please contact Christina Saliba at Weber Shandwick. E-mail: christina.saliba@webershandwick.se Phone: +46-70-341 46 54. For more information in Swedish about Camilla Läckberg please visit Camilla's Swedish website: www.camillalackberg.se .