Arnaldur Indriason Icelandic Novelist

Arnaldur Indriðason (Based Upon the Film Reykjavik-Rotterdam Written by) was born in Iceland in 1961 to prominent Icelandic novelist, Indriði Þorsteinsson.  Indriðason is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction and was working as a journalist and critic for an Icelandic newspaper when he began writing novels.  His books have been published in more than 30 countries.  During one week in the summer of 2003, his crime novels took the top-five spots on the Icelandic best-seller list.

              In 2005, Indriðason received The Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award for his novel “Silence of the Grave.”