Karin Alvtegen (born 1965) is a Swedish novelist and screenwriter. After working in film and stage design, she made her literary debut with “Guilt” in 1998 and became known for psychological suspense novels in which buried secrets, guilt, and betrayal destabilize ordinary lives. Her second novel, “Missing” (“Saknad”), won the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel. It follows Sibylla, a homeless woman who becomes the prime suspect when a businessman she met at a hotel is murdered, forcing her to evade the police and search for the killer while confronting her estrangement from her family and society.
