- Karin Alvtegen
. 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 "Shame". "Guilt" will be published soon.
"Missing" was awarded the premier Scandinavian crime writing award the
Glass Key in 2001 and was also nominated for thePoloni Award and Best Crime Novel 2000 in Sweden. "Shame" was shortlisted for theCrime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie International Dagger award for crime novels in translation upon publication in English.She is grand-niece of the popular children's novelist
Astrid Lindgren .Bibliography
Novels
* "Guilt" (untranslated) - "Skuld" (1998)
* "Missing" (translated by Anna Paterson) (2003) - "Saknad" (2000)
* "Betrayal" (translated bySteven T. Murray ) (2005) - "Svek" (2003)
* "Shame" (translated bySteven T. Murray ) (2006) - "Skam" (2005)
* "Shadow" (translated bySteven T. Murray ) (forthcoming in 2008) - "Skugga" (2007)Screenplay
* 2004 - "Hotet" ("The Threat")
Trivia
She was a storyline writer for 24 episodes of the popular long-running Swedish TV soap opera "
Rederiet " ref|1. A TV-series was made 2006 after her novel Missing, directed by Ian Madden and with Joanne Frogatt andGregor Fisher . [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772124/]External links
* [http://www.karinalvtegen.com/index_eng.htm Karin Alvtegen website]
* imdb name|0023597 SWE
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