Question: Facts: - language: swedish - caption: robert , may 2010 karjel - hms carlskrona , gulf of aden - genre: literary thriller - education: royal -rrb- institute of technology , stockholm -lrb- applied physics - birth date: 25 october 1965 - name: robert karjel - image size: 200px - image: lt. jpg _ col. _ robert_karjel_on_flight_deck_of_hms_carlskrona , _ may_2010 . - birth place: gothenburg , sweden - occupation: helicopter pilot / writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert karjel .
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robert karjel -lrb- born 25 october 1965 -rrb- is a swedish writer of literary thrillers .he was born in gothenburg , sweden , and lives in stockholm .a helicopter pilot , he is a lt. colonel in the swedish air force and the only swedish pilot who has trained with the u.s. marines .in may 2015 , his novel '' the swede '' received a starred review in publishers weekly .harpercollins had purchased the thriller for publication in the u.s. in 2013 .publishers in other ten countries followed suit , including france , brazil , israel and germany .the novel , which has been compared to homeland -lrb- tv series -rrb- , looks at the complex consequences of the war on terror .the print run in english is 40,000 hardcover .in the uk , the thriller 's title is '' my name is n. '' with this book , karjel joins the list of scandinavian noir crime writers -lrb- many of them swedish -rrb- with international exposure .in 2013 , 20th century fox television bought the rights to '' the swede '' for adaptation as a tv drama .as of 2015 , the series remains under development by chernin entertainment and yellow bird -lrb- company -rrb- , the swedish film production company known for the girl with the dragon tattoo -lrb- 2009 film -rrb- and its sequels .