Tove Alsterdal

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]

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]