![]() These collaborative novels all have one thing in common: they are plot-driven and suspenseful. Maybe that’s why they didn’t come up with a joint pen name? Swedish authors Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, who wrote a series of ten police procedurals about detective Martin Beck in the 1960s and 1970s and are considered the forerunners to Stieg Larsson, are common-law spouses. ![]() Many of them combine their names and write under a shared pseudonym: Nicci Gerrard and Sean French write crime fiction under the name “Nicci French” Alexandra Coelho and Alexander Ahndoril write novels together as “Lars Kepler” and Michael Jacob and Daniela De Gregorio are “Michael Gregorio” in the literary world. A little Internet research showed me that I am hopelessly out of touch and that there are a number of couples writing fiction together. The only work of fiction I could think of that was written by a married couple is The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich. Not many novels have been written by co-authors, and very few by co-authors who are married to each other. But two people who collaborated on a novel? That was a first. Sure, we’ve organized events for pairs of authors and illustrators. ![]() ![]() In fact, they were the first writing team we had ever hosted. When Beth Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin visited our store last fall as part of their tour for The Tilted World, I mentioned in my introduction that they were the first husband-wife writing team we’d ever hosted. ![]()
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