Þórdís Gísladóttir

Þórdís Gísladóttir, also Thordis Gisladottir, (born 14 July 1965) is an Icelandic children's book author, poet, novelist and a translator.

She is known for her children's stories about Randalin and Mundi and her poetry has also been well received. Þórdís has worked as a project manager and university teacher at the University of Iceland and the Uppsala University in Sweden, been a web editor for the Nordic Council and she has translated 17 books and a play for the Reykjavik City Theater, edited a journal about children's literature, written about literature for the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen and made radio programs for The Icelandic National Radio. In 2010 Þórdís Gísladóttir received the Tómas Guðmundsson Award for her first poetry work ''Leyndarmál annarra'' ("Secrets of Others"). Her second book of Poetry, ''Velúr'' (2014) and her children's books ''Randalín, Mundi og afturgöngurnar'' (2015) and ''Doddi - bók sannleikans'' (2016), coauthored with Hildur Knútsdóttir, were nominated for the Icelandic literature prize. Her fourth book of poetry ''Óvissustig'' (2016) was nominated for The May Star (Maístjarnan), a poetry award given by The Icelandic Writers' Union and The National and University Library of Iceland for the best poetry book of the year. Provided by Wikipedia