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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir has 1 past event. (show)  Mystery authors meet & greet (Oct. 6) The Learned Owl will host a mystery lover's extravaganza with four top mystery authors in store to meet and greet fans. Julia Spencer-Fleming, Jeri Westerson, Elizabeth Hand, and Yrsa Sigurdardottir are all taking time from their busy Bouchercon schedules to join us for a relaxed afternoon signing. Complete with refreshments, this is an event not to be missed! Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of the Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, is an Agatha, Anthony, Barry, Dilys, Gumshoe and Macavity Award winner. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, and Romantic Times RC awards. Julia lives in southern Maine with her husband and three children.
Jeri Westerson (Blood Lance) is the author of four previous books featuring Crispin Guest: Veil of Lies, Serpent in the Thorns, The Demon's Parchment, and Troubled Bones. She lives in Menifee, California.
Elizabeth Hand, a New York Times notable author, has written eight novels and several short-story collections. She has won the Shirley Jackson Award, the James Tiptree Award, the Nebula Award (twice), the World Fantasy Award (three times), and many others. Her novella The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon was recently nominated for a Hugo Award. Hand is a longtime contributor to numerous publications, including the Washington Post Book World and the Village Voice Literary Supplement. She divides her time between the coast of Maine and North London.
The Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurdardottir debuted as a crime writer in 2005 with Last Rituals, which so far is sold in more than 30 languages. Her most recent book published in the US is Ashes to Dust. She lives with her family in Reykjavíck and is also a director of one of Iceland's largest engineering firms.
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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | Information from the Norwegian Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to the English one. | |
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Yrsa is married with two children, and she also has a career as a civil engineer
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