Icelandic Authors

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Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Crime Fiction Czech Dutch Eistneska English Enska Estonian Franska French German Glæpasögur Greek Gríska Hebreska Hebrew Hollenska Hungarian Japanese Japanska Macedonian Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Portúgalska Portúgalska (brasilísk) Pólska Russian Rússneska Serbian Serbneska Spanish Spænska Tékkneska Ungverska Þýska

Eva Björg lives with her husband and their three children in Reykjavík. She was born and raised in Akranes, a small town about half an hour drive from Reykjavík which is the scene of her first novel. After finishing a Bachelor's degree in Sociology she moved from Akranes to Trondheim, Norway, where she got her Master's degree in Globalisation. In 2018, Eva was the recipient of the Blackbird Award, a crime-writing prize hosted by prolific Iceland authors Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Ragnar Jónasson.

 

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Works in translation

 

  • Strákar sem meiða (Boys Who Hurt) Veröld 2022

WEL (Orenda Books), France (Editions de la Martinière), Germany (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), The Netherlands (De Fontein)

 

  • Þú sérð mig ekki (You Can't See Me) Veröld 2021

WEL (Orenda Books), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), France (Editions de la Martinière), Germany (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), Russia (AST), The Netherlands (De Fontein)

 

  • Næturskuggar (Night Shadows) Veröld 2020

WEL (Orenda Books),Czech Republic (Dobrovsky), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), France (Editions de la Martinière), Germany (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), The Netherlands (De Fontein)

 

  • Stelpur sem ljúga (Girls Who Lie) Veröld 2019

WEL (Orenda Books), Czech Republic (Dobrovsky), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), France (Editions de la Martinière), Germany (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), Hungary (IPC Könyvek), Israel (Mirabelle), Russia (AST), Serbia (Nordiq), Spain (Atico de los Libros), The Netherlands (De Fontein)

 

  • Marrið í stiganum (The Creak On the Stairs) Veröld 2018

France (Le Martinière Littérature); Israel (Lesa Press); Netherlands (De Fontein); WEL (Orenda Books), Brazil (Trama), Czech Republic (Dobrovsky), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Ethiopia (Hohe), France (Editions de la Martinière), Germany (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), Greece (Diaplasi Editions), Hungary (IPC Könyvek), Israel (Mirabelle), Japan (Shogankukan), Macedonia (Antalog Books), Poland (JK), Portugal (Quetzal), Russia (AST), Serbia (Nordiq), Spain (Atico de los Libros), The Netherlands (De Fontein)

 

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