Audur Jonsdottir …

Audur Jonsdottir… was born in Reykjavik in 1973. She is an Icelandic writer and freelance journalist and has contributed articles, essays and interviews to various magazines and newspapers. Her fiction debut, the short story The Wedding (Gifting), was published in the literary journal Andblær in 1997.
The story was based on Audurs turbulent marriage with a much older sailor.

Audur Jonsdottir has had stories printed in various newspapers and anthologies. Her first novel, Stjornlaus lukka (Bliss, 1998), was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize in 1998. Since then her output has included further novels, as well as books for children and teenagers, such as Skrýtnastur er maður sjalfur (One self is the strangest of all, 2002), a portrait of her grandfather, the Nobel prize-winning author Halldor Laxness.

The novel Folkið í kjallaranum (The People in the Basement), won the 2004 Icelandic Literature Prize followed by a nomination for The Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2006. Audur's most recent Novel, Deposit, was published in Reykjavik in November 2006. It will be out in Denmark in the autumn of 2008 and Sweden in 2009.

Auður currently divides her life between Iceeland and Spain. She is married to Thorarinn Leifsson, illustrator/writer.