Yrsa Sigurðardóttir


Vilborg Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 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, 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.

Children's fiction

  • Þar lágu Danir í því
  • Við viljum jólin í júlí
  • Barnapíubófinn, Búkolla og bókarræninginn
  • B 10
  • ''Biobörn''

Crime novels

Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series

  • Þriðja táknið,
  • Sér grefur gröf
  • Aska
  • Auðnin Horfðu á mig
  • ''Brakið''

Freyja &; Huldar (Children's House) series

  • DNA Sogið Aflausn Gatið Brúðan
  • ''Þögn''

Karólína & Týr series

Lok, lok og læs Gættu þinna handa Frýs í æðum blóð
  • ''Ég læt sem ég sofi''

Non-series novels

  • Ég man þig
  • Kuldi Lygi
  • ''Bráðin''
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Film and screenwriting

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir has written episodes for two Icelandic TV series: Trapped and
Two of her books have been adapted into Icelandic films, both starring Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson.
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