Ragnar Jónasson

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Ragnar Jónasson (b. 1976) is the award-winning author of the international bestselling Dark Iceland series and the Hidden Iceland series featuring Hulda. From the age of 17, Ragnar translated 14 Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic. Ragnar is a member of the UK Crime Writers' Association (CWA) and he is also the co- founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir, and has appeared on festival panels worldwide.

Today, he lives in Reykjavik with his family, where he writes, works as a corporate lawyer, and teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University. 

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Works in translation

• Hvítalogn (White Calm) 2023

France (Éditions de La Martinière), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd)

• Reykjavík (Reykjavik) 2022 with Katrín Jakobsdóttir
  
  

Bulgaria (ERA Media Ltd.), Denmark (G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Netherlands (A. W. Bruna Uitgevers), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Sweden (Romanus & Selling), Taiwan (Faces Publication), Ukraine (Laboratory LLC), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

• Úti (Outside) 2021

Denmark (G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Sweden (Romanus & Selling), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

• Vetrarmein (Winterkill) 2020

Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Poland (Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z. o. o.), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), United Kingdom (Orenda Books Ltd).

• Hvítidauði (White death) 2019
  
  

Denmark (G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Portugal (Penguin Random House Portugal Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Sweden (Modernista Group AB), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

• Þorpið (The girl who died) 2018

Czechia (Czech Republic) (Albatros Media a.s.), Denmark (G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Sweden (Modernista Group AB), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

• Mistur (The Mist) 2017

Brazil (Hiperborea), China (Yilin Press LTD), Czechia (Czech Republic) (Knihy Dobrovsky), Denmark (G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S), Egypt (Sefsafa Culture & Publishing), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Greece (Kastaniotis Editions), Hungary (Central Publishing Group Ltd), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Japan (Shogakukan Inc.), Norway (Bonnier Norsk Forlag), Poland (Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z. o. o.), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), Sweden (Modernista Group AB), Taiwan (Faces Publication), Turkey (Doğan Kitap), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

 

• Drungi (The Island) 2016

Brazil (Hiperborea), China (Yilin Press LTD), Czechia (Czech Republic) (Knihy Dobrovsky), Denmark (G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S), Egypt (Sefsafa Culture & Publishing), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Greece (Kastaniotis Editions), Hungary (Central Publishing Group Ltd), Israel (Aryeh Nir Publishers), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Japan (Shogakukan Inc.), Norway (Bonnier Norsk Forlag), Poland (Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z. o. o.), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus Publishing Group), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), Sweden (Modernista Group AB), Taiwan (Faces Publication), Turkey (Doğan Kitap), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

 

• Dimma (The Darkness) 2015

Brazil (Hiperborea), China (Yilin Press LTD), Czechia (Czech Republic) (Knihy Dobrovsky), Denmark (G.E.C. Gads Forlag A/S), Egypt (Sefsafa Culture & Publishing), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Greece (Kastaniotis Editions), Hungary (Central Publishing Group Ltd), Israel (Aryeh Nir Publishers), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Japan (Shogakukan Inc.), Netherlands (A. W. Bruna Uitgevers), Norway (Bonnier Norsk Forlag), Poland (Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z. o. o.), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus Publishing Group), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), Sweden (Modernista Group AB), Taiwan (Faces Publication), Turkey (Doğan Kitap), United Kingdom (Penguin Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

• Náttblinda (Nightblind) 2014

Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (S. Fischer Verlag), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Japan (Shogakukan Inc.), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), United Kingdom (Orenda Books Ltd).

 

• Andköf (Whiteout) 2013

Bulgaria (ERA Media Ltd.), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (S. Fischer Verlag), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Netherlands (A. W. Bruna Uitgevers), Poland (Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z. o. o.), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), United Kingdom (Orenda Books Ltd).

 

• Rof (Rupture) 2012

Bulgaria (ERA Media Ltd.), Croatia (Znanje d.o.o.), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (S. Fischer Verlag), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Lithuania (Leidykla Baltos Lankos), Netherlands (A. W. Bruna Uitgevers), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus Publishing Group), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), United Kingdom (Orenda Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

 

• Myrknætti (Blackout) 2011

Bulgaria (ERA Media Ltd.), Croatia (Znanje d.o.o.), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Japan (Shogakukan Inc.), Lithuania (Leidykla Baltos Lankos), Netherlands (A. W. Bruna Uitgevers), Poland (Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z. o. o.), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus Publishing Group), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), Sweden (Modernista Group AB), United Kingdom (Orenda Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

 

• Snjóblinda (Snowblind) 2010

Armenia (Guitank Publishing), Bulgaria (ERA Media Ltd.), Czechia (Czech Republic) (Albatros Media a.s.), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Tammi Publishers), France (Éditions de La Martinière), Germany (btb), Hungary (Central Publishing Group Ltd), Italy (Marsilio Editore SPA), Japan (Shogakukan Inc.), Lithuania (Leidykla Baltos Lankos), Netherlands (A. W. Bruna Uitgevers), North Macedonia (ArtConnect Publishing), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Unipessoal, Lda.), Romania (SC Crime Scene Press), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus Publishing Group), Serbia (Nordiq izdavastvo d.o.o.), Slovenia (Ucila International), Spain (Editorial Planeta), Sweden (Modernista Group AB), United Kingdom (Orenda Books Ltd), United States of America (St. Martin's Press, LLC).

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