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Ragnar Jónasson (Author)
Ragnar Jónasson is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Jónasson was also an executive producer for the CBS Studios TV series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallström. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.
The Times selected The Darkness as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945', and Snowblind has been selected as one of the 'Top 100 Crime Fiction' books of all time.
The Times has said of his work: 'Is this the best crime writer in the world?'
His books have been on bestseller lists across Europe and the USA and have won multiple prizes. He has also won a special jury recognition for his poetry in Iceland.
Jónasson has furthermore translated fourteen of Agatha Christie’s novels into Icelandic.
Jónasson has a law degree and teaches copyright law at Reykjavík University. He serves as a board member of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of the literary festival Iceland Noir, held annually in Reykjavík. Jónasson has regularly featured in literary festivals worldwide, and currently lives in Reykjavík.
Victoria Cribb (Translator)
Victoria Cribb studied and worked in Iceland for many years. She has translated more than 25 novels from the Icelandic and, in 2017, she received the Orðstír honourary translation award for services to Icelandic literature.
<b>Dark, chilling and utterly gripping, <i>The Island </i>is Nordic noir at its best, and is destined to become a classic of the genre. I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read the rest of the Hulda series!</b>
Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
<b>Few writers at work today conjure atmosphere with such power, or plot their mysteries with such craft. <i>The Island </i>is his best book yet, an unflinching thriller that braids past and present, good and evil, love and loss. I can't wait for Hulda Hermannsdóttir's next case</b>
A. J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
<b>No one does isolation better than Ragnar Jonasson, who is superb at portraying Iceland's stark landscape and savage beauty . . . [Hulda Hermannsdottir is] an excellent addition to the growing band of top-class women detectives</b>
The Times
<b>Prepare to be swept away to the beautiful yet unforgiving island of Elliðaey in Jónasson's latest Icelandic noir. Atmospheric and creepy, </b><b>Jónasson</b><b> successfully keeps you guessing till the bittersweet end</b>
Heat
<b>A chilling novel about people with dark secrets, protecting themselves without a thought for the consequences</b>.
Sunday Times
<b>Riveting</b>
Sunday Times
<b>We heart the melancholy Hulda</b>
Sunday Times Crime Club
<b>A strikingly evoked picture of Iceland's forbidding beauty...Hulda Hermansdottir is a striking character - both gloomy and tenacious - and she is a key reason for the success of this atmospheric novel</b>
Barry Forshaw
<b>Extraordinary, the three books in that series are all amazing . . . very moving all the way through</b>
- Ian Rankin,
<b>This kept me guessing right up until the final pages. I loved the vivid landscapes, brilliant characterisation and intricate plotting. Bravo!</b>
Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Skin Deep
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Ragnar Jónasson (Author)
Ragnar Jónasson is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Jónasson was also an executive producer for the CBS Studios TV series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallström. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.
The Times selected The Darkness as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945', and Snowblind has been selected as one of the 'Top 100 Crime Fiction' books of all time.
The Times has said of his work: 'Is this the best crime writer in the world?'
His books have been on bestseller lists across Europe and the USA and have won multiple prizes. He has also won a special jury recognition for his poetry in Iceland.
Jónasson has furthermore translated fourteen of Agatha Christie’s novels into Icelandic.
Jónasson has a law degree and teaches copyright law at Reykjavík University. He serves as a board member of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of the literary festival Iceland Noir, held annually in Reykjavík. Jónasson has regularly featured in literary festivals worldwide, and currently lives in Reykjavík.
Victoria Cribb (Translator)
Victoria Cribb studied and worked in Iceland for many years. She has translated more than 25 novels from the Icelandic and, in 2017, she received the Orðstír honourary translation award for services to Icelandic literature.