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Maria Bouroncle

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Born

in Gothenburg, Sweden

February 09, 1965

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Crime, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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MARIA BOURONCLE is a Swedish author. An economist by profession, she spent over 25 years in the field of international development before publishing her first novel in 2018. "It Came to Me on a Whim: The Story of Ingeborg Andersson, Child Murderess" has been translated into several languages and is currently used on the Scandinavian Crime Literature course at UCLA. Maria lives in Washington D.C. and in the fall of 2025, her guidebook about the city, co-authored with Swedish journalist Karin Henriksson, was released.

"It Came to Me on a Whim", tells the story of Maria's great-aunt who killed her three children in 1929.

The independent sequel, "The Girl with a Name Tag: A Finnish War Child in Sweden", published in Swedish in 2022 and in Finnish ...more

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	Det kom för mig i en hast : Historien om barnamörderskan Ingeborg Andersson 3.53 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flickan med en lapp om halsen 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Se vain tapahtui – Lapsensurmaaja Ingeborg Anderssonin tarina by Maria Bouroncle (Goodreads Author), Kimmo Lilja (translator) 3.14 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drömmen om Chicago : Historien om en ung emigrant 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tyttö lappu kaulassa – Suomalaisen sotalapsen tarina (Vesene Book 2) (Finnish Edition) by Maria Bouroncle (Goodreads Author), Salla Korpela (translator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drömmen om Chicago – Historien om en ung emigrant (Vesene, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Maria Bouroncle takes us deep into a story of real-life murder to show us the humanity – even love – behind the crime. A riveting read – haunting, atmospheric, and ultimately, heart-breaking.”
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