Answer the following question: 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 '' .