Karin Alvtegen

Karin Alvtegen (born 8 June 1965, Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime fiction. Alvtegen's psychological thrillers are generally set in Sweden. Four of her books have been translated into English: Missing, Betrayal, Shadow and Shame.

Alvtegen's second novel, Missing, was awarded the premier Nordic crime writing award the Glass Key in 2001.^[1] Translated in 2003 and published in the United States in 2009, the novel was nominated for the 2009 Edgar Award for best novel by the Mystery Writers of America.^[2] In 2006, the novel was adapted into a television series directed by Ian Madden and with Joanne Froggatt and Gregor Fisher.^[3]

Alvtegen's 2005 novel Shame was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie International Dagger award for crime novels in translation upon publication in English.

Alvtegen has worked as a teleplay writer, having penned 24 episodes of the Swedish soap opera Rederiet .

She is grandniece of the children's novelist Astrid Lindgren.

Bibliography

Novels

• Guilt (translated by Anna Paterson) (2007) – Skuld (1998)
• Missing (translated by Anna Paterson) (2003) – Saknad (2000)
• Betrayal (translated by Steven T. Murray) (2005) – Svek (2003)
• Shame/Sacrifice (translated by Steven T. Murray) (2006) – Skam (2005)
• Shadow (translated by Steven T. Murray) (2008) – Skugga (2007)
• A Probable Story (not yet published in English) – En Sannolik Historia (2010)
• Butterfly Effect (not yet published in English) – Fjärilseffekten (2013)

Note: in 2011 Shame was reissued in the UK with the title Sacrifice.

Screenplay

• 2004 – Hotet ("The Threat")

References

External links

• Karin Alvtegen website
• ^ Karin Alvtegen at the Internet Movie Database  Sweden
• ^ "My great aunt" by Karin Alvtegen