Carin Gerhardsen
Illustration — Carin Gerhardsen during Gothenburg Book Fair 2009 Carin Gerhardsen (born December 6, 1962, in Katrineholm, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime fiction. Originally a mathematician, Gerhardsen worked as an IT-consultant before becoming a full-time writer. Her mathematical knowledge is visible in her novels, which contain advanced calculated intrigues.
Carin Gerhardsen
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- Born
- 1962 · Katrineholm.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- novelist · writer · mathematician · computer scientist
- Fields
- crime novel · literary activity · detective literature · mathematics
- Education
- Uppsala University
- Languages
- Swedish
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Biography
Her popular book series The Hammarby Series, circles around Detective Inspector Conny Sjöberg and his team solving cruel and brutal murders in the southern parts of Stockholm. In 2012 her first novel in the series The Gingerbread House was released in America by the publishing house Stockholm Text. Gerhardsen lives on Östermalm in Stockholm with her husband and children.
Carin Gerhardsen studied at Uppsala University. The recorded working language is Swedish. The field of work recorded is crime novel, literary activity and detective literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are crime. Places of work recorded in the authority are Stockholm.
Author Carin Gerhardsen during Gothenburg Book Fair 2009
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- 1.Redvall, Eva. IT-konsulten blev deckarförfattare. Sydsvenskan. 25 January 2008.
- 2.Stockholm Text Publishing.
- 3.Forshaw, Barry, Death in a Cold Climate, Palgrave Macmillan 2012
- 4.Black Ice. Penzler Publishers. 2021-06-09.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 10
- (1992) På flykt undan tiden
- (2008) Pepparkakshuset; English translation: The Gingerbread House (2012)
- (2008) Mamma, pappa, barn; English translation: Cinderella Girl (2013)
- (2010) Vyssan lull
- (2011) Helgonet
- (2012) Gideons ring
- (2013) Hennes iskalla ögon
- (2014) Tjockare än vatten
- (2015) Falleri Fallera Falleralla
- Black Ice. Penzler Publishers. 2021-06-09.
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