Lilja Sigurðardóttir

Lilja Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic crime-writer born in 1972. She is the author of novels, stage plays, audio series and screenplays.

Books:

Steps (Spor), 2009
Forgiveness (Fyrirgefning), 2010
Snare (Gildran) 2015 (Reykjavík Noir 1)
Trap (Netið) 2016 (Reykjavík Noir 2)
Cage (Búrið) 2017 (Reykjavík Noir 3)
Betrayal (Svik) 2018
Cold as Hell (Helköld sól) 2019
Red as Blood (Blóðrauður sjór) 2020
White as Snow (Náhvít jörð) 2021
Dark as Night (Drepsvart hraun) 2022
Deep as Death (Dauðadjúp sprunga) 2023

Lilja´s latest book, Deep as Death (Dauðadjúp sprunga) is the fifth and last in a series of thrillers featuring financial investigator Áróra and police detective Daníel, published in Iceland in October 2023 by Forlagid publishing.

Awards and nominations:

2014 Icelandic Theatre Prize Gríman for "Best play of the year" for Big Babies (Stóru Börnin)
2016 Nomination for the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award for Trap
2018 Longlisted for a CWA International Dagger for Snare
2018 Longlisted for Prix du Meilleur Polar at Points for Snare (Piégée)
2018 Longlisted for Edinburgh International Book Festival´s First Book Awards
2018 Icelandic Crime Fiction Award, the Drop of Blood, for Cage (Iceland´s contribution to the Glass Key, Nordic Crime Fiction Awards)
2019 Icelandic Crime Fiction Award, the Drop of Blood, for Betrayal (Iceland´s contribution to the Glass Key, Nordic Crime Fiction Awards)
2022 Nomination for the Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards for White as Snow
2023 Nomination to the Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards for Dark as Night
2023 The Storytel Awards for best audio series for One hundred Mishaps of Hemingway
2023 - 2024 Kópavogur City Artist

Languages and rights:

The rights to Lilja´s books have been sold to: France/Switzerland/Luxembourg/Canada(Éditions Métailié)
Finland (Docendo)
Norway (Font)
Czech Republic (Leda)
Denmark (People´s Press)
Poland (Kobiece)
Armenia (Guitank)
Macedonia (Bata Press)
Russia (Gorodets)
Sweden (Bigarrábok and Modernista)
Romania (Crime Scene Press)
World Arabic (Al Arabi)
Germany (DuMont)
World English (Orenda Books)
Hungary (Oe Kiado)
Estonia (Eesti Raamat)
Netherlands (Volt)

Film rights to the Reykjavík Noir Trilogy (Snare, Trap and Cage) have been sold to 66 Degrees North/Palomar Pictures and are scheduled for production in 2025.

Appearances and Festivals in 2023:

Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Center - Scotland - April

PesText Nordic Literary Festival - Hungary - May

Kópavogur LGBTQ Crime Fiction Night - Iceland - August

The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival - UK - October

Crime in Kópavogur - Iceland - October

Frankfurt Book Fair - Germany - October

Helsinki Book Fair - Finland - October

Svenska Deckarfestivalen - Sweden - November

Les Boréales - France - November

Appearances and Festivals in 2024:

Quais du polar - Lyon, France - April