Wallander was adapted from Swedish author Henning Mankell's novels.
Henning Georg Mankell ( [ ² hɛnːɪŋ ˈmaŋkɛl ] ; 3February 19485October 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 . Wallander is a British television series adapted from the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell 's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous police inspector .