Steven T. Murray

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Steven T. Murray (born 7 October 1943, Berkeley, California) is an American translator from Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and German. He has translated three crime novels and two African novels by the bestselling Swedish writer Henning Mankell, three psychological suspense novels by Karin Alvtegen, and works by many other authors. In 2001 he won the Gold Dagger Award in the UK for his translation of Sidetracked by Henning Mankell.

He was editor-in-chief of Fjord Press from 1981 to 2001 (Berkeley and Seattle), which published mainly Scandinavian fiction in translation. He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife Tiina Nunnally.

[edit] Selected translations

The Preacher by Camilla Läckberg (from Swedish) (2009)
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (from Swedish) under pseudonym Reg Keeland (2009)
Shadow by Karin Alvtegen (from Swedish) (2008)
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg (from Swedish) (2008)
The Eye of the Leopard by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (from Swedish) under pseudonym Reg Keeland (2008)
Queens of Havana: The Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba’s Legendary All-Girl Dance Band by Alicia Castro with Ingrid Kummels, US edition (from German and Spanish) (2007)
Anacaona: The Adventures of Cuba’s Most Famous All-Girl Orchestra by Alicia Castro with Ingrid Kummels, UK edition (from German and Spanish) (2007)
Shame by Karin Alvtegen (from Swedish) (2006)
Betrayal by Karin Alvtegen (from Swedish) (2005)
A Wealth of Tradition: Jøtul, 1853–2003 by Dag Ove Skjold (from Norwegian) (2003)
Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten (from Swedish) (2002)
Like Thunder: A Play by Niels Fredrik Dahl (from Norwegian) (produced 2001)
The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (2000)
Sidetracked by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (1999)
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (1997)
War by Klaus Rifbjerg, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1995)
Enemy’s Enemy by Jan Guillou, with Tiina Nunnally under pseudonym Thomas Keeland (from Swedish) (1992)
Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 2: Apprenticeship by Martin Andersen Nexø, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1991)
Another Metamorphosis & Other Fictions by Villy Sørensen, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1990)
The Abduction by Mette Newth, with Tiina Nunnally (from Norwegian) (1989)
Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 1: Childhood by Martin Andersen Nexø (from Danish) (1989)
Witness to the Future by Klaus Rifbjerg (from Danish) (1987)
The Sardine Deception by Leif Davidsen, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1986)