| Arnaldur Indriðason | |
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Arnaldur Indriðason at the Helsinki Book Fair, Finland, 2004 |
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| Born | January 28, 1961 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Genres | crime fiction |
Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced [ˈartnaltʏr ˈɪntrɪðasɔn]) (b. 1961) is a popular Icelandic writer of crime fiction, most of his books featuring the protagonist Detective Erlendur(fr).
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Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son of the writer Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. He graduated with a degree in history from the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in 1996. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper Morgunblaðið in 1981-1982, and later freelanced. From 1986 to 2001, he was a film critic for Morgunblaðið.
His first book, Sons of Dust (Synir duftsins) came out in 1997, the first in the series with Detective Erlendur. As of 2010, the series includes 11 novels. Arnaldur has repeatedly proved to be the most popular writer in Iceland in recent years—topping bestseller lists time and again. In the year 2004 his books were seven of the 10 most popular titles borrowed in Reykjavík City Library. In 2006 his Erlendur novel Mýrin was made into a film, known internationally as Jar City, by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur.
Arnaldur's books have been published in 26 countries and translated into at least 20 languages, including Russian, Polish, German, Greek, Danish, Catalan, English, Italian, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Chinese, Croatian, Romanian and French.
Arnaldur received the Glass Key award, a literature prize for the best Nordic crime novel, in 2002 and 2003. He won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award in 2005 for his novel Silence of the Grave.
He lives in Reykjavík with his wife and three children.