Contributors:

Abi Cooper, originally from England, studied at Háskóli Íslands 2007-2014, writing her Masters thesis on Creativity and Originality in J.A. Thompson’s Translation of Halldór Laxness’ Sjálfstætt fólk.

Angus Miranda waxed rhapsodic about books in his blog Book Rhapsody and lives in the Philippines.

Arie Amaya-Akkermans is a freelance writer, occasional journalist, and curious traveler of lesser known corners of modern European. He lives in Turkey.

Ayaz Rasool Nazki is a writer, poet, painter, and scholar. He was also the regional director of the Kashmir office of The Indian Council for Cultural Relations. His most recent book is Satisar-The Valley of Demons. Now retired, he lives in Kashmir and is involved in the human rights movement.

Caroline is a book and film reviewer from Switzerland.

Chay Lemoine is a professor and Laxness scholar currently living in Illinois.

Darien Fisher-Duke is a “berserker” from Virginia who shared her passion for Halldór in a series of book review “challenges” in her blog Icelandic Fever.

David S. Baldwin is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, United Kingdom.

Eric Hinkle hails from Wisconsin, USA, but has been living abroad for some years. He is currently in Osaka, Japan, teaching preschool and completing a Masters in TESOL. He is a passionate addict of world literature and an amateur reviewer when in the right mood. His favorite novel is Independent People.

Emily Lethbridge holds a PhD in Old Norse literature from the University of Cambridge. She is currently a member of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies and has been featured in films and TV. Emily has also taught medieval Icelandic literature and culture at the University of Iceland.

John L. Murphy is: a Medievalist turned humanities professor; an unrepentant but not unskeptical Fenian; an overconfident accumulator of books & music; an over-curious seeker of trivia, quadrivia, esoterica. He lives and teaches in California.

Lisa is a sagaholic living in Virginia.

Lucy Lehmann is the author of The Showgirl and the Brumby, (Vintage, 2002)
A novelist by day, she first began playing music publicly in 2005 and continues to do so. She is currently working on developing other literary works.

Marthe Bijman is an author, composer, reviewer, blogger and poet from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael Black is an educator, quondam monk, sailor, financial hack, and theological academic.  He reviews books on his blog The BlackOxford Mind.

Niranjana Iyer is a writer, book critic and founder of The Compelling Story, a writing consultancy. She lives in California.

[P] is a book reviewer concentrating mostly on classic translated literature. He lives in England.

Richard Bratby is an English classical music writer, critic, consultant, and amateur contrarian. He is a regular contributor to The Spectator.

Robbie was a book blogger at Pink Sheep Cafe. He lives and works in Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir is a writer, translator and editor. She was the publishing director of Mal og menning, a part of Forlagið Publishing House, and is drama reviewer for TMM. In 1994 she won The Icelandic Literary Prize. She lives in Reykjavík.

Stephen Cowdery is a writer, photographer, archivist and music producer. He lives in Anoka, Minnesota with ocassional sojurns in Iceland, Seattle, and Santa Fe.

Tamara Agha-Jaffar has been in academia all her professional life. In 2004 she was named Kansas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and received its CASE Award for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2010 she received The President’s Call to Service Award for her volunteer work in the community. Tamara has written five books.

William Valgardson is a writer based in Victoria, B.C. His latest book, In Valhalla’s Shadows, is a sociological mystery set in Canada. His contributions to LIT were first published in his blog wdvalgardson's kaffihaus. His work has been read on YouTube.


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