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.
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Award-winning Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurðardóttir talks about the Icelandic Noir book festival and her latest novel ‘The Fallout’
I think the biggest part of me that seeps into my books is my appreciation of the weird, the uncanny and sometimes the horrible.
Interview With Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
It is hard to try and avoid your own personality when writing.
Interview With Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
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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.
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