Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (born 1988) is an Icelandic writer. Her novels have been translated into 24 languages, including English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Polish.

Biography Ægisdóttir was born in Akranes, Iceland in 1988. Her literary aspirations were apparent from an early age, when she won a short-story competition at the age of 15. She went to Norway for higher studies, and upon returning to Iceland, decided to write a novel. Her first book The Creak on the Stairs (2018) was a No.1 bestseller in Iceland and won the Icelandic (English: Blackbird Award). The same novel won the British literary award New Blood Dagger in 2021.

Subsequent books in her Forbidden Iceland series include Girls Who Lie and Night Shadows.

Ægisdóttir lives and works in Reykjavík with her family.

Works Forbidden Iceland series , 2018. (The Creak on the Stairs, 2020.) , 2019. (Girls Who Lie, 2021.) , 2020. (Night Shadows, 2022.) , 2022. (You Can't See Me, 2024.) (prequel) , 2023. (Boys Who Hurt, 2024.)