John Ajvide Lindqvist

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-12-02 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Blackeberg, Sweden

John Ajvide Lindqvist

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.

Known For

Writer

2024
2024
Handling the Undead

as Screenplay

2018
Fulet

as Writer

2018
Border

as Short Story

2018
Border

as Screenplay

2010
Let Me In

as Screenplay

2010
Let Me In

as Novel

2008
2008
Majken

as Short Story

1999
Reuter & Skoog

as Writer

Actor

2024
Handling the Undead

as Undertaker

2019
Alla mot alla med Filip och Fredrik

as Himself - Contestant

2015
Svenska tv-historier

as John Ajvide Lindkvist

2014
1996
130 minuter - Släng dig i brunnen

as John Ajvide Lindqvist