Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.
- Occupation
- writer, playwright, children's writer, crime fiction writer
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Died
- October 5, 2015
