Glass Key award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2001) Winner
Karin Alvtegen
かりん・あるゔてげん
Karin Aruvutegen
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1965-06-08 （Huskvarna）
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Religion
- Unknown
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, writer
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Influenced By
- Astrid Lindgren
- Nominations
- 2009 Edgar Award nominee for Best Novel (Missing), Shortlisted for Duncan Lawrie International Dagger (Shame)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Glass Key award | Missing | — | Scandinavian Crime Society | winner |
Glass Key award
2001
Work:
Missing
Organization:
Scandinavian Crime Society
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Missing
2000 crime fictionAdaptations
- [TV miniseries] Missing / Ian Madden (2006)
Translations
- English
Bibliography
- Guilt
- Missing
- Betrayal
- Shame
- Shadow
- A Probable Story
- Butterfly Effect
Adaptations
- Missing adapted into TV miniseries in 2006
Translations of Works
- Four books translated into English
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- psychological thrillerscrime fiction set in Sweden
Health
-
myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome2013–essentially preventing her from writing
Legacy
Swedish author of crime fiction. Awarded the Glass Key award and gained international recognition, but writing halted due to ME/CFS. Grandniece of Astrid Lindgren.
Trivia
- Grandniece of the children's novelist Astrid Lindgren.
- Became an ambassador for the Open Medicine Foundation in 2019.