Tove Alsterdal

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.

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

Career

Alsterdal graduated as journalist from Kalix Folkhögskola 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 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

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

References
  1. 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.


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