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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (b. 1963) is an award-winning Icelandic crime fiction author. Sigurðardóttir made her crime fiction debut in 2005 with Last Rituals, the first installment in the Þóra Guðmundsdóttir series. She has since gone on to write a number of acclaimed stand-alone thriller novels, and is to date translated into more than 30 languages. With The Legacy, the first novel in the award-winning series about child psychologist Freyja and police detective Huldar, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir has consolidated her position as one of the finest crime writers of our time, and a master storyteller at the top of her game. Further information

Works in translation

• Frýs í æðum blóð (The Surge)
Translations: Czech Republic (Grada), Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof), Estonia (Varrak), Finland (Otava), France (Actes Sud), Germany (Btb),  Hungary (Animus) Netherlands, (Bezige Bij), Norway (Bonnier), Poland (Sonia Draga) Slovakia (Grada), Sweden (HarperCollins), UK (Hodder & Stoughton)

• Gættu þinna handa (Forget me not)
Translations: Czech Republic (Grada), Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof), Estonia (Varrak), Finland (Otava), France (Actes Sud), Germany (Btb), Hungary (Animus) Netherlands, (Bezige Bij), Norway (Bonnier), Poland (Sonia Draga) Slovakia (Grada), Sweden (HarperCollins), UK (Hodder & Stoughton)

• Lok lok og læs (I See You)
Translations: Czech Republic (Metafora); Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof); Estonia (Varrak); Finland (Otava); France (Actes Sud); Germany (Btb); Macedonia (Antolog); Netherlands (Cargo); Norway (Kagge); Poland (Sonia Draga); Sweden (HarperCollins Nordic); UK (Hodder & Stoughton), Bulgaria (EMAS), Greek, (Metaixmio), Hungary (Animus), Portugal (Quetzal).

• Bráðin (The Pray)
Translations: Czech Republic (Metafora); Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof); Estonia, (Varrak); Finland (Otava); France (Actes Sud); Germany (BtB); Hungary (Animus);Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC); Macedonia (Antolog); Netherlands (Cargo); Norway (Kagge); Poland (Sonia Draga); Portugal (Quetzal); Sweden (HarperCollins Nordic); UK (Hodder & Stoughton), Bulgaria (Emas), Croatia (Znanje), Greek (Metaixmio).

• Herra Bóbó, Amelía og Ættbrókin (The Wonderful Adventures of Mr. Boo-Boo) Veröld 2020
Translations: Czech Republic (Metafora); Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof); Estonia (Varrak); Finland (Otava); France (Actes Sud); Germany (Btb); Greece (Metaixmio); Hungary (Animus); Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC); Macedonia (Antolog); Netherlands (Cargo); Norway (Kagge); Poland (Sonia Draga); Portugal (Quetzal); Sweden (HarperCollins Nordic); UK (Hodder & Stoughton), Bulgaria (Emas), Croatia (Znanje)

• Þögn (The Fallout)
Translations: Bulgaria (Emas); Croatia (Znanje); Czech Republic (Metafora); Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof); Finland (Otava); France (Actes Sud); Germany (Btb); Greece (Metaixmio); Hungary (Animus); Italy (Mondadori); Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC); Macedonia (Antolog); Netherlands (Cargo); Norway (Kagge); Poland (Sonia Draga); Portugal (Quetzal); Romania (Trei); Russia (Eksmo); Sweden (HarperCollins Nordic); Turkey (Koridor); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Brúðan (The Doll)
Translations: Bulgaria (Emas); Croatia (Znanje); Czech Republic (Metafora); Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof); Estonia (Varrak); Faroe Islands (Sprotin); Finland (Otava); France (Actes Sud); Germany (Btb); Greece (Metaixmio); Hungary (Animus); Italy (Mondadori); Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC); Macedonia (Antolog); Netherlands (Cargo); Norway (Kagge); Poland (Sonia Draga); Portugal (Quetzal); Romania (Trei); Russia (Eksmo); Serbia (Dokaz); Sweden (HarperCollins Nordic); Turkey (Koridor); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Gatið (Gallows Rock
Translations: Bulgaria (Emas); Croatia (Znanje); Czech Republic (Metafora); Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof); Faroe Islands (Sprotin); Finland (Otava); France (Actes Sud); Germany (Btb); Greece (Metaixmio); Hungary (Animus); Italy (Mondadori); Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC); Macedonia (Antolog); Netherlands (Cargo); Norway (Kagge); Poland (Sonia Draga); Portugal (Quetzal); Russia (Eksmo); Serbia (Dokaz); Sweden (HarperCollins Nordic); Turkey (Koridor); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Aflausn (The Absolution)
Translations: Norway (Kagge); UK (Hodder & Stoughton)

• Sogið (The Reckoning)
Translations: Germany (Fischer);Norway (Kagge); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• DNA (The Legacy)
Translations: Portugal (Bertrand); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Lygi (Why Did You Lie)
Translations: Germany (Fischer); Spain (Mondadori); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Kuldi (The Undesired
Translations: Germany (Random House DE); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Brakið (The Silence of the Sea)
Translations: Denmark (Saga Egmont); Germany (Random House DE); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Ég man þig (I Remember You)
Translations: Denmark (Saga Egmont); France (Editions Anne Carriere); Germany (Random House DE); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (St. Martin's Press)

• Horfðu á mig (Someone to Watch over Me)
Translations: Denmark (Saga Egmont); Finland (Otava);  Germany (Random House DE); Sweden (Damm); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (William Morrow)

• Auðnin (The Day is Dark)
Translations: Bulgaria (Prozoretz); Denmark (Saga Egmont); Germany (Btb); UK (Hodder & Stoughton); US (William Morrow)

• Aska (Ashes to Dust

• Sér grefur gröf (My Soul to Take)

• Þriðja táknið (Last Rituals)

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