Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir | |
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Born | 24 August 1963 |
Nationality | Icelandic |
Genre | Crime fiction, children's books |
Vilborg Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born in 1963) is an Icelandic writer of both crime novels and children's fiction. She has been writing since 1998. Her début crime novel was translated into English by Bernard Scudder. The central character in her crime novels so far is Thóra Gudmundsdóttir (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir), a lawyer. Yrsa has also written for children, and won the 2003 Icelandic Children's Book Prize with Biobörn.
Yrsa is married with two children, and she has a career as a civil engineer.[1]
Bibliography
Children's fiction
- Þar lágu Danir í því (1998)
- Við viljum jólin í júlí (1999)
- Barnapíubófinn, Búkolla og bókarræninginn (2000)
- B 10 (2001)
- Biobörn (2003)
Crime novels
Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series
- Þriðja táknið (2005), (English translation by Bernard Scudder: Last Rituals, US:2007, UK:2008)
- Sér grefur gröf (2006) (English translation by Bernard Scudder and Anna Yates: My Soul to Take, 2009)
- Aska (2007) (English translation by Philip Roughton, Ashes to Dust, UK:2010)
- Auðnin (2008) (Veins of Ice) (English translation by Philip Roughton, The Day is Dark, UK:2011)
- Horfðu á mig (2009) (English translation by Philip Roughton, Someone To Watch Over Me, UK:2013)
- Brakið (2011) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Silence of the Sea, UK:2014)
Freyja & Huldar (Children's House) series
- DNA (2014) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Legacy, UK:2017)
- Sogið (2015) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Reckoning, UK:2018)
- Aflausn (2016) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Absolution, UK:2019)
- Gatið (2017) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, Gallows Rock, UK:2020)
- Brúðan (2018) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Doll, UK:2021)
- Þögn (2019) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Fallout, UK:2022)
Karólína & Týr series
- Lok, lok og læs (2021)
- Gættu þinna handa (2022)
Non-series novels
- Ég man þig (2010) (English translation by Philip Roughton, I Remember You, UK:2012)
- Kuldi (2012) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Undesired, UK:2015)
- Lygi (2013) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, Why Did You Lie?, UK: 2016)
- Bráðin (2020) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Prey, UK:2023)
References
- ^ [dead link]"Yrsa Sigurðardóttir". Yrsa Sigurðardóttir on the Reykjavík City Library website. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
External links
- Yrsa on Facebook
- Yrsa Sigurdardóttir author and book translation rights information page at the Salomonsson Agency
- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir at IMDb
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