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Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril (born 2 March 1966) is a Swedish writer. She was born to a Portuguese mother and a Swedish father, and grew up in
Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...
on the south coast of Sweden. In the early 90s Alexandra moved to Stockholm to pursue a career in acting before changing her focus to the art of writing. In 2003, she published her debut novel ''Stjärneborg'' (''Stjerneborg'') about the life of astronomer
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. The novel received the the following year, and was followed by ''Birgitta och Katarina'' (''Birgitta and Katarina'', 2006) about the life of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, and ''Mäster ''(2009), about the radical socialist
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. Together with her husband
Alexander Ahndoril Alexander Ahndoril (born 20 January 1967 in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm), made his literary debut at the age of 22 with the love story ''Den äkta kvinnan (The True Woman,'' 1989'')''. He has since authored nine novels, screenplays, radio scripts ...
, Alexandra writes under the pseudonym Lars Kepler, author of the internationally bestselling Joona Linna series. In addition to her work as an author, Alexandra has also been a literary critic for two of Sweden's largest newspapers, ''
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'' and ''
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1966 births Living people Swedish women novelists 21st-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights People from Helsingborg 21st-century Swedish novelists 21st-century Swedish women writers Swedish people of Portuguese descent Swedish women dramatists and playwrights {{Sweden-writer-stub