Arni Thorarinsson (b. 1950) is a nationally renowned award-winning journalist and media personality. He has written several gripping crime novels and two TV scripts, one of which was nominated to the Edda Award (best television script of the year 2002). Thorarinsson was the editor of Mannlif magazine and has also been on the board of the Reykjavik Film Festival as well as a member of several panels of judges at international film festivals.

“Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett
or Ross Macdonald: The Einar-Series
is a modern Icelandic version of the
hard-boiled American classic.”
DPA, GERMANY

“Full of humour, vivacity and suspense.”
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR

AWARDS

1984 – The Reykjavik Scholastic Prize: Einn í stríði (Oorlog Zonder Vrienden) by Evert Hartman (for translation)

NOMINATIONS

2005 – The Icelandic Literature Prize: Tími nornarinnar (Season of the Witch)
2002 – The Edda Award (The Icelandic Film Awards): 20/20 (best television script of the year)