Jan Guillou

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Jan Oscar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. 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, Piratforlaget, together with Liza Marklund and his common-law wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp. Guillous fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist. In 1973, he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyran. He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet.