Rome, October 9, 2023 – Camilla Lackberg She’s the queen of noir, but this time it’s her – the million-selling Swedish author with the Fjällbacka crimes – be at the center of a mystery.
The accusation, which was made against her two years ago, is a classic for best-selling authors: Have a ghostwriter.
The revelation bears a double signature: that of a journalist from the magazine Swedish online Kvartal and that of artificial intelligence who checked the texts for him.
There are two novels in particular that arouse suspicion: The golden cage and the silver wings (writes the Guardian). The similarities found lead directly to Pascal Engmanwho worked as an editor for Camilla Lackberg.
But how did the journalist come to this accusation? The tool used is artificial intelligence. Before a style research, then the use of Jgaap tools (Java Graphical Authorship Attribution Program), powered by AI. The same as 10 years ago had “exposed” JK Rowling.: the true identity behind Robert Galbraith and The Cuckoo’s Calling.
Camilla Lackberg once again denied the allegations and reiterated that she had always praised her colleague “for teaching her.” “A new way of writing”. Then she counterattacked and accused the literary “caste” of judging her snobbishly. “For 20 years – he wrote on Instagram – I lived in two worlds. A world abroad where my books are often praised, even in high-profile contexts. And a world in Sweden, where I come all the time in the sights of “people of culture” which means how bad I write.
The author comes to the conclusion that her critics want to support a thesis: “They say that I am not a good “stylist” and therefore do not deserve my success and so many readers.” The readers are simply wrong. After you. My language is too simple, too colloquial. After you. What they miss in this equation is that a writer should be, first and foremost, a NARRATOR! (written in capital letters). And this is where my strength lies. I’m a storyteller, not a stylist. And I have never argued otherwise. My everyday language is a good vehicle for my stories. I never had any ambition to win the Nobel Prize.