"Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" author journalism school rejection letter up for auction

(CBS) Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy -- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl who Played With Fire," and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" -- has given him credibility with critics and authors. Still, even though he became a best-selling author, Larsson struggled to make it to journalism school.

The author's rejection letter from the Journalism College in Stockholm is up for auction, according to Swedish website The Local.

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The Local wrote that according to the rejection letter, Larsson didn't pass the stringent written application portion. The school also required interviews with psychologists and working journalists.

Larsson not only wrote the best-selling trilogy, but co-founded Expo, a Swedish anti-racist magazine that sought to expose the extreme right, and the Expo Foundation, an organization that aims to investigate "anti-democratic, right-wing extremist and racist tendencies in society," according to their About page. Larsson died in 2004 from heart failure, but there has been some speculation as to the cause of death due to several death threats he received while working at Expo.

The author was reportedly working on a fourth Millennium book before he died. The future of that book, however, remains in limbo due to a legal battle between his family and his girlfriend of 32 years, Eva Gabrielsson.

The proceeds from the auction will go to the foundation and magazine, and organizers are hoping it will bring in about $20,000, the Local reports.