(b.1980) novels have been widely published abroad and well-received. His crime novels have been published in the Hispanic World, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Macedonia, France and Canada.
Ottar also writes television and movie screenplays, and is the primary author of The Valhalla Murders, the first Icelandic television series to be produced by Netflix and shown all over the world, with more than 5 million views in the first month. He is currently writing a new TV series with acclaimed filmmaker Achim von Borries (Babylon Berlin).

Ottar has a master’s degree in Moral Philosophy, but has also studied Arabic, history, literature, and arts. He has received multifarious praise for his work.

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“Hard-boiled, fast and extremely exciting …”
VIKAN WEEKLY

„… exciting … colorful characters … well conceived and thought out.”
KJARNINN