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About Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir
- Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir (born 1 May 1953, in Reykjavik) is an Icelandic author, noted for her children's books. She graduated as a teacher from the Kennaraskóli Íslands in 1973, and took a degree in art history at Aarhus University in 1979.
- She also studied literature at the University of Iceland.Ragnheiður worked as a teacher in Reykjavík for several years, and was editor of Iceland's National Centre for Educational Materials 1990-96.
- She has both illustrated and written books for children and teens.Her first book, Ljósin lifna, was published in 1985.
- Ragnheiður has retold and illustrated various Icelandic folktales, pre-eminently in her book Sagan af Hlina konungssyni.
- Amongst other prizes, Ragnheiður won the Icelandic Children's Book Prize for her 2000 book Leikur á borði; and the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2005 for her novel Sverðberinn.
- Her most recent novels include the 2009 Hjartsláttur and the 2012 Myndin í speglinum. Ragnheiður lives in Hafnarfjörður.
- She is married and has four children.
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