Jar city a Reykjavik thriller

Main Author: Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-
Other Authors: Scudder, Bernard, 1954-2007.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Icelandic
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2005.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: 274 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0312340702
9780312426385
Author Notes: Arnaldur Indriðason was born in Reykjavík January 28, 1961 and writes crime fiction. He is the son of writer Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. Arnaldur graduated with a degree in history from the University of Iceland in 1996.

Arnaldur's first published book, Sons of Dust (Synir duftsins) in 1997, is the first in the Detective Erlendur series.

Arnaldur's books have been published in twenty-six countries and have been translated into Russian, Polish, German, Greek, Danish, Catalan, English, Italian, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Chinese, Croatian, Romanian and French. He won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award in 2005 for the novel Silence of the Grave.

Arnaldur lives in Reykjavík with his wife and three children.

(Bowker Author Biography)