Henning Georg Mankell (Swedish pronunciation: [²hɛnːɪŋ ¹maŋːkɛl]; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.
He was a left-wing social critic and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In 2010, Mankell was on board one of the ships in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was boarded by Israeli military forces. He was below deck when eight or nine people were shot.
Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa.
Med stormskridt nærmer den dag sig, hvor Joel bliver 15 år. Snart er skolen slut, og hvad skal der så ske med ham?
En dag modtager hans far et brev fra Elinor, som han ikke har hørt fra i ti år. Hun skriver om Jenny, Joels mor, som forlod dem, da Joel var helt lille, og som aldrig har ladet høre fra sig. Elinor fortæller, hvor Jenny bor, og Joel og hans far beslutter sig for at rejse til Stockholm for at opsøge hende.
Rejsen til verdens ende er fjerde og sidste fritsående bind om Joel. Henning Mankell har for sine bøger om Joel modtaget den største svenske udmærkelse, Nils Holgersenplaketten, og den største europæiske pris, Deutscher Jugenliteraturpreis. I 1996 modtog han Astrid Lindgren-prisen, i 1997 Expressens Heffaklump og i 1998 Augustprisen.
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