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Stieg Larsson the man who wrote the Millenium Trilogy "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". Stieg Larsson died of a heart attack on eve of the first book's publication. He was never able to autograph books or meet fans. Readers around the world asked only one question "Who is Stieg Larsson?".

Stieg Larsson's Childhood: Stieg Larsson was born on August 15 in 1954 in Skelleftehamn a small town in the Vasterbotten region of northeast Sweden. For the first nine years of Stieg's life his maternal grandparents raised him. After nine years living with his maternal grandparents Stieg moved in with his biological father and younger brother Joakim. Most of Stieg's time was spent reading works of English Child writers as in Enid Blyton and of Astrid Lindgren.

Stieg Larsson's Adult life: Stieg's grandfather was imprisoned during World War II fighting against the Nazi's. After being realeased from the war his grandfather went home, from time after the Neo-Nazi's threatend Stieg with death threats and mail. As a teen living in Sweden Stieg Larsson met his colleague Kurdo Baksi. Together Stieg and Kurdo worked together both as journalists until they both had become extrordinary authors. Working together for years both wear harassed by the Neo-Nazi's.

After Stieg's death at the funeral his colleague Kurdo Baksi had spoke about the wonders and work they did. How they got through the Neo-Nazi's and it was just them against the world. Baksi spoke about the odd phone calls late at night from Stieg. As Stieg's colleague spoke during the funeral the Larsson family denied everything about Stieg, saying they wear there for him. The death of Stieg caused a gathering of praise and criticism from Stieg's family,fans,and from reviewers worldwide. Stieg's dream of being a great journalist and author ended at age of 50.