Tove Alsterdal (born 28 December 1960) is a Swedish journalist, playwright, screenwriter and crime fiction writer.

She has worked as journalist, playwright and screenwriter, and has been editor of several of Liza Marklund's books.

She wrote the script for Helena Bergström's film Så olika [sv] from 2009, and the libretto for Fredrik Högberg's opera Woman of Cain.

[1] She made her crime novel debut in 2009, with Kvinnorna på stranden.

[4] Born on 28 December 1960 in Malmö, Alsterdal grew up in Stockholm and Umeå.