Announcement: "Why Crime Fiction?" OUT OF SCANDINAVIA WEEK keynote lecture by 2014 Writer-in-Residence Arne Dahl

Is crime fiction merely entertainment, or also a vital and important genre of contemporary literature? Award-winning, international bestselling Swedish crime fiction author Arne Dahl will talk about the fundamentals of writing crime fiction from the heart of the Scandinavian tradition, which highlights not only interpersonal crimes but social crimes as well. Why are we so strangely drawn to crimes committed by the very democratic society we created to minimize criminal transgressions?