Stieg Larsson’s punishing murder mystery made an icon out of Lisbeth Salander. Here’s how it came to be.

The books kicked off with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (although the book's original Swedish title was "Män som hatar kvinnor," which translates to "Men Who Hate Women"). When a book ...

The first book in the trilogy was published the ... so he came up with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. According to Sonny Mehta, who published Larsson’s work in the U.S., the shift was ...