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Tursten, Helene

Country/Region:
Sweden
Born:
February 17, 1954
Genres:
Miscellaneous prose, Crime literature
Portrait image of Helene Tursten Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex
Helene Tursten was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is also the setting she has chosen for Detective Inspector Irene Huss. Tursten now lives in Sunne, Värmland, a location she believes would have worked less well as a setting for her detective stories. The fact that she would become a detective writer was nothing that Helene Tursten went around dreaming about. Although her Swedish teacher at upper secondary school had thought that she should apply for the school of journalism, she first trained as a nurse. Later in the 80's, she continued her studies and became a dentist – something she much enjoyed.

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