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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

Glass Key award
2001
Work: Missing
Organization: Scandinavian Crime Society
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Missing

2000 crime fiction
Adaptations
  • [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 syndrome
    2013–
    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.