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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

1963 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is the 2,701st most popular writer (up from 2,954th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Iceland (down from 30th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among writers, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 2,701 out of 7,302. Before her are Sāyaṇa, Valentin Kataev, Sima Tan, Peter Bichsel, Varian Fry, and José María Arguedas. After her are Johann Froben, Józef Czapski, Hella Haasse, Hildebert, Pierre Grimal, and Peter Høeg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 130. Before her are William Baldwin, Dermot Mulroney, Michel Gondry, Farahnaz Pahlavi, David Seaman, and Karl Malone. After her are Shaun Toub, Randy Couture, Vladimir Petković, Mikael Persbrandt, Julian Lennon, and James Mangold.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 32 out of 190. Before her are Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Geir Haarde (1951), and Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928). After her are Thorvald Eiriksson (972), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Davíð Oddsson (1948), Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542), Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), and Gunnar Hansen (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ranks 11. Before her are Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), and Matthías Jochumsson (1835). After her are Sæmundr fróði (1056), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), and Einar Benediktsson (1864).

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