Born 1973 · Iceland
Icelandic Literary Prize 2015 · Shortlist
Stóri skjálfti
Auður Jónsdóttir · 42 when first published
Novel · 298 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Saga comes round after an epileptic seizure on a pavement beside a busy Reykjavík road to find her three-year-old son gone, and her memory full of holes.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2006 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Pledge of Loyalty”
Auður Jónsdóttir · 33 when first published
Novel · 335 pages · Satire, Migration
AI-generated summary:Gísella Dal lives a life of luxury until she learns that her grandmother's fortune is spent; rather than go to work, she takes in lodgers, and four very different women end up sharing her flat.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2004 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“The People in the Basement”
Auður Jónsdóttir · 31 when first published
Novel · 290 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Klara, raised by free-spirited hippie parents in a colourful childhood, now lives with a young man on his way up; certain events push her to settle accounts with her parents' ideals and her own generation's values.