Auður Jónsdóttir

About the author

Auður Jónsdóttir was born on March 30, 1973. She is a writer and freelance journalist and has published articles, essays and interviews in various journals and newspapers.

Her first published work of fiction is the short story "Gifting" (Marriage), published in the literary magazine Andblær in 1997. Other short stories have appeared in magazines and collections since then. Auður's first novel, Stjórnlaus lukka (Uncontrollable Luck, 1998), was nominated to the Icelandic Literature Prize in the same year. Since then, she has sent forward other novels as well as books for children and teenagers, among them a book about her grandfather, Halldór Laxness. Her novel Fólkið í kjallaranum (The People in the Basement), received the Icelandic Literature Prize in 2004 and the novel, Tryggðarpantur (Love Token), was nominated to the same award in 2006. Auður's latest novel is Vetrarsól (Winter-Sun) from 2008. She is now working on a play, as she was chosen Reykjavík City Theatre's Playwrite-in-Residence for 2009.

Publisher: Mál og menning.

(from literature.is)

Fiction

Novels:

Vetrarsól (Wintersun),2008: Mál og menning

Germany, Wintersonne. Jenseits des Meeres liegt die ganze Welt, 2011 : btb/Random House: btb/Random House

Tryggðarpantur (Deposit), 2006: Mál og menning

Dänemark, Depositum, 2009: Tiderne Skifter

Sweden: Kabusa Böcker

Fólkið í kjallaranum (The people in the basement), 2004: Mál og menning

Denmark, 2006, Dem i kælderen: Tiderne Skifter

Sweden, 2007, Folket i kjällaren: Kabusa Böcker

Film rights sold to: Trollakirkja/TC Films

Annað líf, 2000: Mál og menning

Stjórnlaus lukka, 1998: Mál og menning

Children's books

Children's books:

Gagga og Ari, 2003: Námsgagnastofnun

Skrýtnastur er maður sjálfur, 2002: Mál og menning

Algjört frelsi, 2001 (Co-author: Þórarinn Leifsson): Mál og menning