1.5 million books sold worldwide

“A world class crime writer”
THE SUNDAY TIMES

“Nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction”
THE TIMES

“the precision of Harold Pinter”
THE WASHINGTON POST

Ragnar Jonasson is the award winning author of the international bestselling Dark Iceland series and the Hulda Trilogy.

Ragnar has sold 1.5 million books worldwide, thereof over 700,000 books in France.

Ragnar’s books are published in 40 countries, in 27 languages.

The Times selected The Darkness as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945.

Snowblind was selected as one of Top 100 Crime Fiction of all time by Blackwell’s.

Literary agents: Monica Gram - Copenhagen Literary Agency (worldwide) and David Headley - DHH Literary Agency (UK/US)

Film and TV rights: Emily Hayward-Whitlock - The Artists Partnership

Ragnar’s debut, Snowblind, went to number one in the Amazon Kindle charts shortly after publication in the UK. The Island also became a no. 1 Amazon Kindle bestseller in the UK.

Snowblind and Nightblind became no. 1 Amazon Kindle bestsellers in Australia.

Ragnar is also a no. 1 Crime Fiction Bestseller in France, with Blackout topping the crime fiction charts in France in 2019 and The Darkness in 2020.

Ragnar is the winner of the Mörda Dead Good Reader Award 2016 for Nightblind. The Darkness was shortlisted for Novel of the Year in Sweden in 2019. The Island was shortlisted for the the Capital Crime / Amazon Publishing Award for Best Mystery in the UK in 2019. Ragnar has been shortlisted for The Barry Award in the US (for Snowblind) and for the Petrona Award in the UK (for The Darkness).

The Darkness, was selected as the Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Month. The Mist was a Times Crime Book of the Month in 2020.

Snowblind was selected by The Independent as one of the best crime novels of 2015.

His books have also won praise from publications such as The Times of London, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Times Literary Supplement.

Ragnar is the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir.

From the age of 17, Ragnar translated 14 Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic.

Ragnar has appeared on festival panels worldwide, and lives in Reykjavik. Ragnar has a law degree and works as an investment banker in Reykjavik, in addition to teaching law at Reykjavik University.

NOVELS

Fölsk nóta, 2009 - First novel about Ari Thor

Snjóblinda, 2010 - Dark Iceland book no. 1

Myrknætti, 2011 - Dark Iceland book no. 2

Rof, 2012 - Dark Iceland book no. 3

Andköf, 2013 - Dark Iceland book no. 4

Náttblinda, 2014 - Dark Iceland book no. 5

Dimma, 2015 - Hulda book no. 1

Drungi, 2016 - Hulda book no. 2

Mistur, 2017 - Hulda book no. 3

Þorpið, 2018 - standalone novel

Hvíti dauði, 2019 - Helgi book no. 1

Vetrarmein, 2020 - Dark Iceland book no. 6

SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH:

Death of a Sunflower, 2014, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2014.

Party of Two, 2014, Guilty Parties - CWA 2014 Anthology (Severn House)

A Moment by the Sea, 2014, Orendabooks.co.uk

A Letter to Santa, 2015, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2015

A Postcard from Iceland, 2017, Mystery Tour - CWA 2017 (Orenda Books)

Don’t Panic, 2019, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019

The Silence of the Falling Snow, 2020 (Penguin & Macmillan, The Mist)

The Daughter, 2020 (Goldsboro Books)

The Concert - TBC - written with Víkingur Ólafsson