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Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead's remarkable career as a novelist has earned him numerous accolades and international acclaim.…
Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir
Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir is an Icelandic poet, writer and historian. She has been active on…
Gyrðir Elíasson
Gyrðir Elíasson is the author of numerous novels, poetry books, collections of short stories and…
Haukur Már Helgason
Haukur Már Helgason studied philosophy in Reykjavik and Berlin. He has authored, translated, edited and…
Örvar Smárason
Örvar Smárason is a poet, writer, composer and musician. He is one of the founding…
Bragi Ólafsson
Bragi Ólafsson is a prolific writer and musician. From 1987-1992 he was a member of…
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir published her first novel, The Creak on the Stairs, in 2018. The…
Hildur Knútsdóttir
Hildur Knútsdóttir is born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. She has a BA in literature…
Kristín Eiríksdóttir
Kristín Eiríksdóttir’s first book of poetry, Kjötbærinn, was published in 2004. Even before this debut,…
Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir
Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir has an MA degree in writing from the University of Iceland and…
Ewa Marcinek
Ewa Marcinek is a Polish author who has lived and worked in Iceland since 2013.…
Benný Sif Ísleifsdóttir
Benný Sif Ísleifsdóttir has both BA and MA degrees in ethnology and a diploma in…
Natasha S
Natasha S. is a writer and translator of Icelandic literature into Russian. In 2021, she…
Pedro Gunnlaugur Garcia
Pedro Gunnlaugur Garcia is an Icelandic writer known for his poignant and introspective works, use…
Boualem Sansal
Boualem Sansal is a writer, engineer, and economist born in Algeria. He began writing at…
Kirsten Hammann
Kirsten Hammann is a Danish author who published her first novel, Vera Winkelvir, in 1993.…
Lea Ypi
Lea Ypi is a Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics and…
Jan Grue
Jan Grue was born in 1981 in Oslo. He holds a PhD in Linguistics and…
Jenny Colgan
Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous Sunday Times bestselling novels and has won various…
Gonçalo M. Tavares
Gonçalo M. Tavares was born in Luanda, Angola in 1970 and teaches Theory of Science…
Alejandro Palomas
Alejandro Palomas has a degree in English Philology from the University of Barcelona and a…
Kim Leine
Kim Leine is a Danish-Norwegian writer. He made his debut in 2007, an autobiographical novel,…
Vigdis Hjorth
The author Vigdis Hjorth is one of the strongest voices in contemporary Norwegian literature. She…
Mariana Enriquez
Mariana Enriquez is one of the most spellbinding narrators in Latin American literature. Her debut…
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith CBE was Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh before…
Dina Nayeri
Dina Nayeri is the author of two novels and a book of creative nonfiction, The…
Åsne Seierstad
Åsne Seierstad is an award-winning Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts…
Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent’s first novel, the international bestseller, Burial Rites, was translated into over 30 languages and…
Monika Fagerholm
Monika Fagerholm is one of the strongest Finnish-Swedish writers of our time. She is an…
Eliza Reid
Eliza Reid is the author of the book Secrets Of The Sprakkar: Iceland's extraordinary women…
Ingólfur Eiríksson
Ingólfur Eiríksson recently published the book Clone: A Tragi-Comicbook. Clone is a story of interconnected…
Kristof Magnusson
Kristof Magnusson is a German-Icelandic writer and translator living in Berlin. He is known for…
Alexander Dan
Alexander Dan's first novel, Hrímland, was published in 2014 and he immediately established himself as…
Egill Bjarnason
Egill Bjarnason is an Icelandic journalist and the author of How Iceland Changed the World:…
Margrét Lóa
Margrét Lóa's first book, a collection of poetry with the name Glerúlfar, was published in…
Þórarinn Eldjárn
Þórarinn Eldjárn is one of Iceland’s most beloved authors among children and adults equally. His…
Mao Alheimsdóttir
Mao Alheimsdóttir received the New Voices Grant from the Center for Icelandic Literature in 2021…
Bergþóra Snæbjörnsdóttir
Bergþóra Snæbjörnsdóttir broke through with the widely acclaimed novel Svínshöfuð in 2019 and won the…
Joachim Schmidt
Joachim Schmidt is originally from Grisons in Switzerland, but has lived and worked in Reykjavík…
Helene Flood
Helene Flood entered the book market like a whirlwind with her first novel, Therapeuten (The…
Barbara Demick
Barbara Demick is an award-winning American journalist and writer best known for her work on…
Saša Stanišić
Saša Stanišić was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and has a Bosnian mother and Serbian father. At…
Leïla Slimani
Leïla Slimani is a French writer of Moroccan descent. She made waves all around the…
Gerður Kristný
Gerður Kristný is a prolific writer and one of Iceland’s most beloved authors. She has…
Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir
Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir has a diverse educational and professional background. After devoting herself to the…
María Elísabet Bragadóttir
María Elísabet Bragadóttir has a degree in philosophy from the University of Iceland, has written…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Enugu, Nigeria in 1977. She grew up on the…
Nina Wähä
Swedish author Nina Wähä has published three novels in her home country and is also…
Khaled Khalifa
Khaled Khalifa is a Syrian writer and one of the leading authors of the Arabic…
Patrik Svensson
Patrik Svensson is a Swedish journalist and author of one of the most interesting books…
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She has published 19 books, 12 of which are…
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