The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and 15 million copies altogether, in the United States. Wiley published a collection of essays, edited by Eric Bronson, titled "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy" (2011). The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in ; in English: Men Who Hate Women) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), which was published posthumously in 2005 to become an international bestseller. It is the first book of the "Millennium" series. Larsson spoke of an incident which he said occurred when he was 15: he stood by
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) ripping-yarn thriller aspect of it is kind of a red herring in a weird way. It is the thing that throws Salander and Blomkvist together, but it is their relationship you keep coming back to. I was just wondering what 350 pages Zaillian would get rid of." Because Zaillian was already cultivating the screenplay, the director avoided interfering. After a conversation, Fincher was comfortable "they were headed in the same direction". The writing process consumed approximately six months, including three months creating notes and analyzing the novel. Zaillian noted that as time progressed, the writing accelerated. "As soon as you