John Ajvide Lindqvist

Born:December 2, 1968

Place of Birth:Blackeberg, Sweden

Known For:Writing

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.

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Filmography

Acting

Handling the Undead

Undertaker

2024

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?

Production

Handling the Undead

Screenplay

2024

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?

Let Me In

Novel

2010

A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.

Let the Right One In

Novel

2008

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

Border

Screenplay

2018

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.