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  <name><![CDATA[Yrsa Sigurðardóttir]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Yrsa Sigurðardóttir was born in Reykjavík on August 24th, 1963. She graduated from high-school in 1983, finished a B.Sc.- degree in civil engineering from the University of Iceland in 1988 and M.Sc.- degree in the same field from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada in 1997. Yrsa works as a civil engineer for the engineering-company Fjarhitun, as well as being a writer.

In 1998 Yrsa published her first book for children, Þar lágu Danir í því. To this date her books for children and teenagers are five, the newest is Biobörn (BIO Children), published in 2003. In 2000 the Icelandic department of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) awarded Yrsa for her book Við viljum jólin í júlí (We Want Christmas in July). Her first novel for adults, the crime story Þriðja táknið (Last Rituals), was published by Veröld publishing house in 2005. The book has been sold to a number of countries, as well as the sequel from 2006, Sér grefur gröf (My Soul to Take). The newest book in the series is Aska from 2007.

Yrsa lives in the Reykjavík suburb of Seltjarnarnes. She is married with two children.

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  <title><![CDATA[Last Rituals: An Icelandic Novel of Secret Symbols, Medieval Witchcraft, and Modern Murder]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[My Soul to Take: A Novel of Iceland]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Das glühende Grab: Island-Krimi]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Yrsa Sigurðardóttir]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tina Flecken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Töfrataflið og aðrar sögur]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Yrsa Sigurðardóttir]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guðmundur Ólafsson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Þórður Helgason]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kristín Steinsdóttir]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sigþrúður Gunnarsdóttir]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Andri Snær Magnason]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Auður Jónsdóttir]]></name>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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