Nationality Icelandic | Education University of Iceland | |
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Born 24 August 1963 (age 53) ( 1963-08-24 ) Genre Crime fiction, children's books Nominations Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel Books Last Rituals, The Silence of the Sea, Ashes to Dust: A Thriller, The Day is Dark, My Soul to Take Similar Arnaldur Indriðason, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Árni Þórarinsson, Håkan Nesser, Jussi Adler‑Olsen | ||
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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.
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Yrsa is married with two children, and she has a career as a civil engineer.
Yrsa sigur ard ttir my soul to take
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