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Tove Alsterdal

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Tove Alsterdal
Born (1960-12-28) 28 December 1960 (age 64)
Malmö, Sweden
OccupationWriter
AwardsBest Swedish Crime Novel Award (2014, 2020)
Glass Key award (2021)

Tove Alsterdal (born 28 December 1960) is a Swedish journalist, playwright, screenwriter and crime fiction writer. Her awards include the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award and the Glass Key award.

Career

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Alsterdal graduated as journalist from Kalix Folkhögskola [sv] in 1985. She has worked as journalist, playwright and screenwriter, and has been editor of several of Liza Marklund's books. She wrote the script for Helena Bergström's film Så olika [sv] from 2009, and the libretto for Fredrik Högberg's opera Woman of Cain.[1]

She made her crime novel debut in 2009, with Kvinnorna på stranden.[1] Her novel Låt mig ta din hand was awarded the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2014.[2] Her novel Rotvälta was awarded the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2020,[3] and the Glass Key award in 2021.[4]

Personal life

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Born on 28 December 1960 in Malmö, Alsterdal grew up in Stockholm and Umeå.[1] She is a daughter of Alvar Alsterdal [sv] and Elsa Bolin [sv].[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Møller, Michael; Andreasen, Rebekka. "Tove Alsterdal". forfatterweb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ Wedding, Gunilla (22 November 2014). "Alsterdal bäst i Sverige". skd.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Tove Alsterdal skrev årets bästa svenska kriminalroman". deckarakademin.org (in Swedish). 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Tove Alsterdals "Rotvälta" får Glasnyckeln". deckarakademin.se (in Swedish). 9 August 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ Wopenka, Johan. "Alsterdal, Tove". In Byström, Lars (ed.). Alex (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.