The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won…
Christopher Denise spent much of his childhood in Shannon, Ireland, exploring castles and dreaming of great adventures. He is the illustrator of many critically acclaimed books for young readers, incl…
One of the most popular authors in France today. From his early childhood with reading books and plays, Guillaume Musso became convinced that one day, he too would write novels. After finishing high s…
Ingvild H. Rishøi was born and raised in Oslo and hers is a wildly willful voice in fiction. She has consistently wowed readers with her pared down yet powerful storytelling, with an acute eye for the…
Gerður Kristný graduated in French and comparative literature from the University of Iceland in 1992. Her B.A. dissertation was on Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal. After a course in media studies at th…
Olaf Olafsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1962. He studied physics as a Wien Scholar at Brandeis University. He is the author of three previous novels, The Journey Home, Absolution and Walking I…
Nanna Rögnvaldardottir is Iceland’s most popular cookbook author and food writer. Her first book, the food encyclopaedia Matarást (Love of Food), published in 1998, was nominated for the Icelandic Lit…
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir was born in Iceland in 1958, studied art history in Paris and has lectured in History of Art at the University of Iceland. Her earlier novel, The Greenhouse (2007), won the DV Cu…
Sandra Dieckmann is an illustrator, author and maker. Her work is deeply inspired by all that's weird and wonderful in nature, drifting thoughts and dreams. She is best known for her colourful and pat…
Kairi Look on eesti kirjanik. Ta kirjutab lasteraamatuid ja proosat täiskasvanutele, novell "Relaps" on pälvinud Loomingu aastapreemia. Ta raamatuid on tõlgitud mh saksa, prantsuse, poola ja soome kee…
Icelandic author Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir (1974) studied history in Reykjavík and Salamanca and journalism at Columbia University in New York and previously worked in Copenhagen before moving bac…
Nína Ólafsdóttir er fædd í Reykjavík en búsett á Akureyri ásamt eiginmanni og syni. Hún er menntuð í líffræði og hefur stundað rannsóknir á sviði sjávarvistfræði, m.a. á Svalbarða. Hún hlaut Nýræktars…
Eliza Reid is a bestselling writer, public speaker, gender equality advocate, cofounder of the acclaimed Iceland Writers Retreat and former first lady of Iceland. She was born and raised in Canada but…
