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 city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...

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

Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe ( ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe; generally called Tycho (14 December 154624 October 1601) was a Danish astronomer, known for his comprehensive astronomical observations, generally considered to be the most accurate of his time. He was k ...

. The novel received the the following year, and was followed by ''Birgitta och Katarina'' (''Birgitta and Katarina'', 2006) about the life of

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, 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 a ...

, Alexandra writes under the pseudonym

Lars Kepler Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of husband and wife team Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril (b. 1966) and Alexander Ahndoril (b. 1967), authors of the Joona Linna series. With eight installments to date, the series has sold 15 million copies in 40 languages. ...

, 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 ''

Dagens Nyheter ''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record. History and profile ''Da ...

''.

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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