Mankell is presently my favourite author...
"Now in September it is eight months since I was diagnosed with cancer. On a rainy evening when the warm summer is over, I decide it's time to take a closer look at how things stand. Where am I now, with regard to my cancer and my treatment? How have I coped with what has happened? How do I feel? Both in my body and in my emotional awareness – in what some might call my soul.
I have written before about my treatment, about my reactions and, not least, about my great admiration for all the staff I have met at the Sahlgrenska Hospital. Nothing has happened to change my opinions. If I had to be stricken with cancer, I'm pleased it happened in Sweden."
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/16/henning-mankell-wallander-author-cancer-days-of-darkness