Joona Linna

Joona Linna is the lead protagonist of the “Joona Linna” series of novels by Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndrohi, who are a husband and wife writing team known as Lars Kepler. The popular series of novels that has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 12 million copies across the globe debuted with “The Hypnotist” that was first published in 2009. The writing team of the Ahndorils had been eminent writers in their own right before taking up the pseudonym Lars Kepler. The name Lars pays homage to Stieg Larsson the Swedish crime fiction author that was an inspiration to both writers. Kepler is derived from Johannes Kepler the sixteenth century German scientist that solved the mystery of planetary orbits, one of the greatest geophysical mysteries ever.