Lars Kepler is a Swedish author who is actually two authors: the husband-and-wife team Alexander and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril. They published their first novel as Lars Kepler, The Hypnotist, in 2009. They chose the pseudonym Lars Kepler as a tribute to Stieg Larsson, the creator of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, and the German scientist Johannes Kepler.
Books in order of publication:
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| The Hypnotist | (2009) | |
| The Nightmare | (2010) | |
| The Fire Witness | (2011) | |
| The Sandman | (2012) | |
| Stalker | (2014) | |
| The Rabbit Hunter | (2017) | |
| Lazarus | (2020) |