Jan Guillou

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou born 17 January 1944 is a FrenchSwedish author and journalist Guillous fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist most notably in 1973 when he and coreporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden Informationsbyrån IB He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar Arn Magnusson He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden Piratförlaget Pirate Publishing together with his wife publisher AnnMarie Skarp and Liza Marklund