Born in Helsinki in 1955, Staffan Bruun has been working for Hufvudstadsbladet, Finland’s national Swedish-language newspaper, since 1980. He rapidly established himself as an intrepid crime reporter, and in the 1990s, when he also was the editor-inchief of the newspaper, Bruun ventured into crime fiction with a series of novels in large part inspired by contemporary international underworld activities. In 2009 Staffan Bruun was granted the Topelius Prize for his journalistic achievements.