Arnaldur Indridason

Arnaldur Indriðason (born January 28, 1961) is an Icelandic crime fiction writer. After graduating in history from the University of Iceland in 1996, he worked as a journalist for Morgunblaðið, one of Iceland´s largest newspapers. He is best known for his Reykjavík Murder Mysteries series featuring detective Erlendur Sveinsson, which has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. The first novel in the series, Jar City (1997), won the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel and was adapted into a film in 2006. Indriðason has also received the Palle Rosenkrantz Prize (2005) and the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award (2003). His work is praised for its atmospheric and psychologically complex crime fiction, delving into the dark corners of Icelandic society.