Arnaldur Indriðason

Arnaldur Indridason is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction, born on 28 January 1961. His most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur, and his novels, set largely in Reykjavik, have made him one of the best-known Icelandic authors abroad. He was born in Reykjavik, the son of the writer Indridi G. Thorsteinsson, and took a history degree at the University of Iceland in 1996. He worked as a journalist and film critic for Morgunbladid, and his first book, published in 1997, began the series with Detective Erlendur, which had fourteen novels by 2013.