Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of the critically acclaimed husband and wife team Alexandra Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. Their internationally best-selling Joona Linna series has sold twelve million copies in forty languages. They were both established writers before they adopted the pen name Lars Kepler, and have each published several acclaimed novels. They live in Stockholm, Sweden.

In this interview, the couple discusses their new book in America, ‘The Sandman,’ how they made the important and difficult decision to work as collaborators, how writing together can be like jazz, and the logistics of writing fiction 8-10 hours a day, every day, for a year.

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