# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yrsa-sigur-ardottir
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:47.873Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yrsa-sigur-ardottir"
name: "Yrsa Sigurðardóttir"
slug: "yrsa-sigur-ardottir"
description: "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."
tagline: "Icelandic writer"
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gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1963-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.574276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "YrsaSig"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump