Steven T. Murray

Steven T. Murray (born 7 October 1943, Berkeley, California) is an American translator from Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and German. He sometimes works under the pseudonym Reg Keeland when edited into UK English. He has translated three crime novels and two African novels by the bestselling Swedish writer Henning Mankell, three psychological suspense novels by Karin Alvtegen, and works by many other authors. In 2001 he won the Gold Dagger Award in the UK for his translation of "Sidetracked" by Henning Mankell.

He was editor-in-chief of Fjord Press from 1981 to 2001 (Berkeley and Seattle), which published mainly Scandinavian fiction in translation. He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife Tiina Nunnally.

elected translations

*"The Preacher" by Camilla Läckberg (from Swedish) (2009)
*"The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson (from Swedish) under pseudonym Reg Keeland (2009)
*"Shadow" by Karin Alvtegen (from Swedish) (2008)
*"The Ice Princess" by Camilla Läckberg (from Swedish) (2008)
*"The Eye of the Leopard" by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (2008)
*"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (from Swedish) under pseudonym Reg Keeland (2008)
*"Queens of Havana: The Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba’s Legendary All-Girl Dance Band" by Alicia Castro with Ingrid Kummels, US edition (from German and Spanish) (2007)
*"Anacaona: The Adventures of Cuba’s Most Famous All-Girl Orchestra" by Alicia Castro with Ingrid Kummels, UK edition (from German and Spanish) (2007)
*"Shame" by Karin Alvtegen (from Swedish) (2006)
*"Betrayal" by Karin Alvtegen (from Swedish) (2005)
*"" by Dag Ove Skjold (from Norwegian) (2003)
*"Detective Inspector Huss" by Helene Tursten (from Swedish) (2002)
*"" by Niels Fredrik Dahl (from Norwegian) (produced 2001)
*"The Fifth Woman" by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (2000)
*"Sidetracked" by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (1999)
*"Faceless Killers" by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (1997)
*"War" by Klaus Rifbjerg, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1995)
*"Enemy’s Enemy" by Jan Guillou, with Tiina Nunnally under pseudonym Thomas Keeland (from Swedish) (1992)
*"" by Martin Andersen Nexø, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1991)
*"Another Metamorphosis & Other Fictions" by Villy Sørensen, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1990)
*"The Abduction" by Mette Newth, with Tiina Nunnally (from Norwegian) (1989)
*"" by Martin Andersen Nexø (from Danish) (1989)
*"Witness to the Future" by Klaus Rifbjerg (from Danish) (1987)
*"The Sardine Deception" by Leif Davidsen, with Tiina Nunnally (from Danish) (1986)

Forthcoming translations

*"The Stonecutter" by Camilla Läckberg (from Swedish) (2010)
*"Son of the Wind" by Henning Mankell (from Swedish) (2012)