 Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Larsson was a tax lawyer, a profession she shares with the heroine of her novels, Rebecka Martinsson.Her first Rebecka Martinsson novel, "Solstorm", was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Association prize for best first novel.It was published in the UK (under the title "The Savage Altar") and was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger.