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About Þórdís Gísladóttir
- Þórdís Gísladóttir, also Thordis Gisladottir, (born 14 July 1965) is an Icelandic children's book author, poet, novelist and a translator. She is known for her children's stories about Randalin and Mundi and her poetry has also been well received.
- Þórdís has worked as a project manager and university teacher at the University of Iceland and the Uppsala University in Sweden, been a web editor for the Nordic Council and she has translated 17 books and a play for the Reykjavik City Theater, edited a journal about children's literature, written about literature for the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen and made radio programs for The Icelandic National Radio.
- In 2010 Þórdís Gísladóttir received the Tómas Guðmundsson Award for her first poetry work Leyndarmál annarra ("Secrets of Others").
- Her second book of Poetry, Velúr (2014) and her children's books Randalín, Mundi og afturgöngurnar (2015) and Doddi - bók sannleikans (2016), coauthored with Hildur Knútsdóttir, were nominated for the Icelandic literature prize.
- Her fourth book of poetry Óvissustig (2016) was nominated for The May Star (Maístjarnan), a poetry award given by The Icelandic Writers' Union and The National and University Library of Iceland for the best poetry book of the year.
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