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Yrsa Sigurdardottir Biography & Facts
Vilborg Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born in 1963) 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 (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir), a lawyer. Yrsa has also written for children, and won the 2003 Icelandic Children's Book Prize with Biobörn. Yrsa is married with two children, and she has a career as a civil engineer. Bibliography Children's fiction Þar lágu Danir í því (1998) Við viljum jólin í júlí (1999) Barnapíubófinn, Búkolla og bókarræninginn (2000) B 10 (2001) Biobörn (2003) Crime novels Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series Þriðja táknið (2005), (English translation by Bernard Scudder: Last Rituals, US:2007, UK:2008) Sér grefur gröf (2006) (English translation by Bernard Scudder and Anna Yates: My Soul to Take, 2009) Aska (2007) (English translation by Philip Roughton, Ashes to Dust, UK:2010) Auðnin (2008) (Veins of Ice) (English translation by Philip Roughton, The Day is Dark, UK:2011) Horfðu á mig (2009) (English translation by Philip Roughton, Someone To Watch Over Me, UK:2013) Brakið (2011) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Silence of the Sea, UK:2014) Freyja & Huldar (Children's House) series DNA (2014) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Legacy, UK:2017) Sogið (2015) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Reckoning, UK:2018) Aflausn (2016) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Absolution, UK:2019) Gatið (2017) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, Gallows Rock, UK:2020) Brúðan (2018) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Doll, UK:2021) Þögn (2019) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Fallout, UK:2022) Karólína & Týr series Lok, lok og læs (2021) Gættu þinna handa (2022) Non-series novels Ég man þig (2010) (English translation by Philip Roughton, I Remember You, UK:2012) Kuldi (2012) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Undesired, UK:2015) Lygi (2013) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, Why Did You Lie?, UK: 2016) Bráðin (2020) (English translation by Victoria Cribb, The Prey, UK:2023) References External links Yrsa on Facebook Yrsa Sigurdardóttir author and book translation rights information page at the Salomonsson Agency Yrsa Sigurðardóttir at IMDb. Discover the Yrsa Sigurdardottir popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Yrsa Sigurdardottir books.
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Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida
Robert ChandlerFrom the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included...
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INSEL
Ragnar JónassonVier Freunde auf einer entlegenen Insel, aber nur drei kehren zurück.Hulda Hermannsdóttir, Kommissarin bei der Polizei Reykjavík, ist auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere und wird zu e...
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The Sleepover Joke Book
Sandy RansfordA new collection of hilarious jokes on anything and everything to do with sleepovers. Divided into sections, it features all the fun of sleepover visits, the food, the videos, the ...
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Darline Dominant
Tania D'alanisWhen Darline Pomeroy engages the submisive young Patrick to be her boymaid, he is made to serve her in many humiliating ways. He must wear women's clothes, paint Darline's nails an...
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Verlogen
Eva Björg ÆgisdóttirEin vermeintlicher Suizid wird zum mysteriösen Mordfall für Kommissarin Elma und ihr Team – der zweite Teil der preisgekrönten isländischen Krimiserie von Eva Björg ÆgisdóttirAls e...
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Death at the Orange Locks
Anja de Jager'A novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday Times Keeping it in the family...After her painful divorce four years ago,...
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Der Pfad
Megan MirandaEin gefährlicher Pfad in den Bergen. Sieben verschwundene Menschen. Ein Dorf, das sich in Schweigen hüllt.Ein abgeschiedenes Dorf im Schatten mächtiger Berggipfel: Seit zehn Jahren...
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Tie and Tease
Penny BirchPenny Birch is playing the fox in a bizarre hunting game. But all does not go according to plan, and she's found by a total stranger, Beth, who's naturally concerned at the...
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Totenklippe
Ragnar Jónasson»Kein Land, das man mit Nordic Noir verbindet, ist so düster, dunkel, kalt, verschneit und leer wie Island. Und kein Krimiautor schildert diese Elemente so eindringlich und unheiml...
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Death on the Canal
Anja de Jager'. . . a novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday TimesWhere do your loyalties lie? With the truth or with your collea...
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The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature
Trevor RoyleThe Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature is the most comprehensive reference guide to Scotland's literature, covering a period from the earliest times to the early 1990s. It...
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The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
T. CarmiThis stunning anthology gathers together the riches of poetry in Hebrew from 'The Song of Deborah' to contemporary Israeli writings. Verse written up to the tenth century show the ...
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The Gentleman from San Francisco
David Richards, Ivan Bunin & Sophie LundA much neglected literary figure, Ivan Bunin is one of Russia's major writers and ranks with Tolstoy and Chekhov at the forefront of the Russian Realists. Drawing artistic inspirat...
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DUNKEL
Ragnar JónassonEine junge Frau suchte Sicherheit, doch was sie fand, war der Tod…Hulda Hermannsdóttir, Kommissarin bei der Polizei Reykjavík, soll frühzeitig in Ruhestand gehen, um Platz für eine...
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Schneetod
Ragnar Jónasson"Schneetod" ist der fünfte Band der DarkIcelandSerie von SPIEGELBestsellerAutor Ragnar Jónasson.Ein verlassenes Haus am Ortsrand von Siglufjörður: Einer der beiden örtlichen Polizi...
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A Cold Death in Amsterdam
Anja de JagerThe first Lotte Meerman mystery Amsterdambased Lotte Meerman is a cold case detective recovering from the emotional devastation of her previous investigation. She is angry and ment...
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A Cold Case in Amsterdam Central
Anja de JagerHaving been shot in the shoulder in the line of duty, Dutch police detective Lotte Meerman returns to work after four months of painful recovery yet not all her colleagues are hap...
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Winterwasser
Susanne JanssonEin atmosphärischer, mythendurchwobener Thriller über das Verschwinden eines Kindes – beunruhigend und stimmungsvollMartin und Alexandra leben mit ihren beiden Kindern in einem kle...
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Paradiso
Dante & Robin KirkpatrickHaving plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory in parts one and two of the Divine Comedy, Dante ascends to Heaven in this third and final part, c...
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Poems of Thomas Hardy
Claire Tomalin & Thomas HardyThomas Hardy wrote some of the most moving and personal poems in his era and this collection brings together the best of his verse on life and love.Hardy's poems are by turn haunti...
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The Stornoway Way
Kevin Macneil‘Fk everyone from Holden Caulfield to Bridget Jones, fk all the American and English phoney fictions that claim to speak for us; they don’t know the likes of us exist and they neve...
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SCHNEE
Yrsa SigurðardóttirWas zwang die Freunde, sich mitten im harten Winter im isländischen Hochland zu bewegen, in Dunkelheit und Schneestürmen? Und warum verließen sie das kleine Obdach, das sie hatten,...
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Verschwiegen
Eva Björg ÆgisdóttirIm ersten Band ihrer KrimiReihe führt uns Eva Björg Ægisdóttir in die isländische Kleinstadt Akranes. Jeder kennt jeden, das Leben verläuft einigermaßen ereignislos, bis eines Tage...
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NEBEL
Ragnar JónassonEin einsames Bauernhaus und ein verhängnisvoller Besuch.Hulda Hermannsdóttir, Kommissarin bei der Polizei Reykjavík, kehrt nach einem Schicksalsschlag gerade wieder in ihren Beruf...
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Wer zweimal stirbt
Leif G.W. PerssonDer junge Pfadfinder Edvin campt auf einer kleinen Schäreninsel, wo er und seine Kameraden Pilze sammeln. Ausgerüstet mit einem Körbchen findet er stattdessen einen halbvergrabenen...
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Captains Courageous
Rudyard KiplingHarvey Cheyne is the overindulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner her is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins ...
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Im Unterholz
Sara StrömbergIn den Wäldern des Nordens gibt es Bären, Wölfe – und einen Mörder! Der Platz1Bestseller aus Schweden!Als in den endlosen Wäldern Schwedens die Elchjagd beginnt, sucht die ehemalig...
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Los indeseados
Yrsa SigurðardóttirUn thriller nórdico contundente que reúne lo mejor del género: misterio y ambientación.En la remota Islandia...Aldis trabaja en un centro de menores en la Islandia rural de los año...
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The Tip Of My Tongue
Robert CrawfordRobert Crawford's new collection is an exhilarating celebration of the world he lives in: his family, his fellow Scots, his country and his country's languages. Beginning with a gr...
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A Death in Rembrandt Square
Anja de JagerGuilty until proven innocent . . .It's hard for anyone to have their work scrutinised in public. For Amsterdambased detective Lotte Meerman, listening to the Right to Justice podc...
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The Book of Dede Korkut
Geoffrey LewisThe Book of Dede Korkut is a collection of twelve stories set in the heroic age of the Oghuz Turks, a nomadic tribe who had journeyed westwards through Central Asia from the ninth ...
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Blindes Eis
Ragnar Jónasson»Ragnar Jónasson ist der Stephen King des Isländischen Thrillers.« SHE READSEin abgelegener Bauernhof in einem schwer zugänglichen Seitental von Siglufjörður im Norden Islands: Do...
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The Grand Inquisitor
Fyodor Dostoyevsky & David McDuffVividly imagining the second coming and capture of Christ during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, this parable recounted in The Brothers Karamazov is a profound, nuanced explor...
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Rotwild
Maria GrundIn den Tiefen des Waldes lauert GefahrBedrohlich dunkle Wolken türmen sich über der Insel vor der schwedischen Küste, als die Kommissarin Sanna Berling auf einer verlassenen Farm e...
