Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell (3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish writer. He was born in Stockholm. He wrote stories both for the theatre as well as books and television series. He is best known for a series of crime novels, starring a character he created, inspector Kurt Wallander. 
Mankell died of throat and lung cancer in Gothenburg, Sweden on 5 October 2015 at the age of 67.