Karin Alvtegen

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Karin Alvtegen at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2005.
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Karin Alvtegen at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2005.

Karin Alvtegen (born June 8, 1965, Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish writer of crime fiction. Her psychological thrillers are generally set in her native Sweden, and so far three of the books have been translated into English: Missing, Betrayal and Guilt.

Missing was awarded the premier Scandinavian crime writing award the Glass Key in 2001 and was also nominated for the Poloni Award and Best Crime Novel 2000 in Sweden.

She is grand-niece of the popular children's novelist Astrid Lindgren.


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[edit] Works

[edit] Novels

  • 2005 - Skam ("Shame")
  • 2003 - Svek ("Betrayal")
  • 2000 - Saknad ("Missing")
  • 1998 - Skuld ("Guilt")

[edit] Screenplay

  • 2004 - Hotet ("The Threat")

[edit] Trivia

She was a storyline writer for 24 episodes of the popular long-running Swedish TV soap opera Rederiet [1].

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