Yrsa Sigurđardóttir
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Auteur
(Vilborg) Yrsa Sigurðardóttir was born in Reykjavík on August 24th, 1963. She graduated from high-school in 1983, finished a B.Sc.- degree in civil engineering from the University of Iceland in 1988 and M.Sc.- degree in the same field from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada in 1997. Yrsa works as a civil engineer for the engineering-company Fjarhitun, as well as being a writer.
In 1998 Yrsa published her first book for children, Þar lágu Danir í því. To this date her books for children and teenagers are five, the newest is Biobörn (BIO Children), published in 2003. In 2000 the Icelandic department of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) awarded Yrsa for her book Við viljum jólin í júlí (We Want Christmas in July). Her first novel for adults, the crime story Þriðja táknið, was published by Veröld publishing house in 2005. The book has been sold to a number of countries, and will be published in German, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, Greek and more languages.
Yrsa lives in the Reykjavík suburb of Seltjarnarnes. She is married with two children. (bron: Icelandic Literature)
Boeken
Overzicht titels:
- 2006, Sér grefur gröf, thriller (Neem mijn ziel - 2011)
- 2005, Ţriđja tákniđ (Het laatste ritueel - 2006)
- 2003, Biobörn, kinderboek
- 2001, B 10, kinderboek
- 2000, Barnapíubófinn, Búkolla og bókarrćninginn, kinderboek
- 1999, Viđ viljum jólin í júlí, kinderboek
- 1998, Ţar lágu Danir í ţví, kinderboek
