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Author Yrsa Sigurdardottir, photo by Lilja Birgisdottir Yrsa Sigurdardottir is the #1 bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series as well as several stand-alone thrillers. She is also a civil engineer.

She made her crime fiction debut in 2005 with Last Rituals, the first installment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Her work stands "comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world" according to the Times Literary Supplement. The second installment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, My Soul To Take, was shortlisted for the 2010 Shamus Award. In 2011 her stand-alone horror novel I Remember You was awarded the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and was nominated for The Glass Key. Her newest book, The Legacy, is the first novel in the award-winning series about child psychologist Freyja and police detective Huldar.

Sigurdardottir is married and has two children.

(Photo by Lilja Birgisdottir)

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The Absolution
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The Absolution by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

The Reckoning
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The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

The Legacy
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The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Why Did You Lie?
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Why Did You Lie? by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Someone to Watch Over Me
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Someone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

I Remember You
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I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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Silence of the Sea, The | Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Signed First Edition Book Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Silence of the Sea, The | Signed First Edition Copy

Author Signed Hardcover Book.   February 2016 NY: Minotaur   First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee..

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Reckoning, The | Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Signed First UK Edition Book Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Reckoning, The | Signed First UK Edition Copy

Author Signed UK Hardcover Book.  May 2018 LON: Hodder & Stoughton   First UK edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dust jacket, signed by the author.

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Someone To Watch Over Me | Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Signed First Edition Book Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Someone To Watch Over Me | Signed First Edition Copy

Author Signed Hardcover Book.   February 2015 NY: St. Martin's Press   First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee..

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Author Signed Hardcover Book. February 2019 NY: Minotaur First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee..

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Legacy, The | Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Signed First Edition Book Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Legacy, The | Signed First Edition Copy

Author Signed Hardcover Book.   February 2018 NY: Minotaur   First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee..

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Author Signed Hardcover Book. February 2020 NY: Minotaur First edition, first printing, new/unread in a flawless dust jacket, signed by the author, remainder marked.

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Someone To Watch Over Me | Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Signed First Edition Book Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | Someone To Watch Over Me | Signed First Edition Copy

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Yrsa Sigurdardottir Bibliography


Thóra Gudmundsdóttir Series

  1. Last Rituals - 2007
  2. My Soul to Take - 2009
  3. Ashes to Dust - 2010
  4. The Day is Dark - 2011
  5. I Remember You - 2014
  6. Someone to Watch Over Me - 2015
  7. The Undesired - 2015 (UK Edition)
  8. Silence of the Sea - 2016
  9. The Legacy - 2017 (UK Edition) (US, 2018)
  10. The Reckoning - February 2019
  11. The Absolution - February 2020

Non-Series Novels

  • I Remember You - 2012 (UK Edition)
  • The Undesired - 2015 (UK Edition)
  • Why Did You Lie? - 2016 (UK Edition)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir Awards

  • 2003 Icelandic Children's Book Prize with Biobörn

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