Stig Larsson is a Swedish writer of novels, dramas, poetry, political essays and short stories, screen writer, director and actor. His first success was in 1979 with "Autisterna/The Autistics", since, he has established himself as an influential and offbeat author. Larsson has published over 20 books including novels, short stories, and poetry collections, along with a couple of plays, TV-productions and feature films. In the late 1970, his namesake and friend, Stieg Larsson, born Stig, the well-known author of the Millennium series, slightly changed the spelling of his first name to avoid confusion with Stig, by then a well-known writer.—Jenny Peterson