Facts: - caption: karin writing festival , 2012 fossum at '' bloody scotland '' international crime - genre: crime fiction - birth date: 6 november 1954 - name: karin fossum - nationality: norwegian - image: karinfossum2012.png - birth place: sandefjord , norway - occupation: novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of karin fossum .
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karin fossum -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- is a norwegian author of crime fiction , often referred to as the '' norwegian queen of crime '' .