John Ajvide Lindqvist
Writing · Acting
Born December 2, 1968, Blackeberg, Sweden
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.
Filmography
- Summer of 1985 — Novel, Creator
- 2024Handling the Undead — Undertaker, Novel, Screenplay
- Let the Right One In — Novel
- 2018Border — Short Story, Screenplay
- 2018Fulet — Writer
- Svenska tv-historier — John Ajvide Lindkvist
- Babel
- 2010Let Me In — Novel
- 2008Let the Right One In — Writer, Novel
- 2008Majken — Short Story
- Reuter & Skoog — Writer
- 1996130 minuter - Släng dig i brunnen — John Ajvide Lindqvist
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2026Bakom Svärtan — Self
- All Against All — Self - Contestant