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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>It is nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction</b>
The Times
A<b> world-class</b> crime writer. One of the<b> most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction. </b>A <b>triumphant</b> conclusion to the trilogy [that] <b>makes Iceland's pre-eminence in the crime genre even more marked</b>
Sunday Times
<b>Is this the best crime writer in the world today? . . . He's truly a master of his genre</b>
The Times Online
<b>This is Icelandic noir of the highest order,</b> with Jonasson's <b>atmospheric sense of place</b>, and his heroine's <b>unerring humanity shining from every page</b>
Daily Mail
<b>This is such a tense, gripping read</b>
<b>Triumphant . . . Other writers have explored the possibilities of telling a story in reverse; thus far only Ragnar Jonasson has rendered hindsight so heartbreaking</b>
The Times
<b>Jónasson </b><b>takes us back to Hulda's origin story with a tale that combines his special talents for spinning a chilling and ingeniously constructed mystery and evoking the dramatic Icelandic environment</b>
Sunday Times Crime Club
<b>Triumphant conclusion. Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense</b>
- Ian Rankin,
<b>Jonasson's is a unique voice in this genre.</b> The beauty of this trilogy is that <b>each book enraptures us</b> almost to the point of forgetting the future we already know. <b>Brilliantly effective</b>
The Times Literary Supplement
<b>Jónasson weaves his suspenseful tales together with remorseless logic up to a climax more nightmarish than the buildup</b>
Kirkus
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Om bidragsyterne
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.