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Hildur Knútsdóttir

@hildur.bsky.social

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Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · Sep 10

Cover reveal! 🥳🎉

DEAD WEIGHT is translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com and will hit the shelves on May 26th.

Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands 🩸

Preorder here:
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A peach cover with the head of a broken statue lying in a pool of blood

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 3h

He is probably not allowed at the venues, but a private meeting can be arranged 😉

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 4h

We call her the Reykjavík Roaster

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 6h

It's my husband's number so it's fine

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 6h

Reunited ❤️

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 7h

If somebody were to ask me what keeps me humble I would show them this picture that my daughter saw of me, zoomed in on my face and then forwarded to me without any explanation.

Me sitting with two other people at a panel

Zoom in of my face and it is THE MOST UNFLATTERING PICTURE EVER

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 7h

Of course. And we should have brought our cards as backup but we just totally forgot because cards are not part of our daily lives anymore.

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 7h

Not that *I* find it unhinged, but some people do:

There is no inherently superior form or genre of literature. You can find crap in all of them and absolute masterworks too.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 9h

Editor: “We loved it but…”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23h

Affirmative

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23h

Back home in the mossy lava fog

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you all! It was lovely!

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

It worked out fine! We are waiting to board the flight home without it ever becoming an issue.

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

@rykaaoki.bsky.social made me SO hungry in Light from Uncommon Stars.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

Skál!

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

The Nordic countries are not only post cash, we are post cards too.

We realised on the way to the airport in Iceland that we forgot to bring any credit cards (because we never use them) and five days later it turns out that we don’t need them in Sweden or Denmark either, phones are enough 👌🏼