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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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Weird guys at Historiska Museet in Lund

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 8h

Sadly we are not aquinted

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Spot the dog

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 2d

Läkerol packages

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I kind of am (157 cm).

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Very large, very complicated clock that only goes to the year 2023 (but it still going strong).

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 2d

This supposedly a “giant Finn” but it wasn’t really that big.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 2d

My daughter did it!!

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 2d

Teacup

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 2d

Large things in Lund:

Candelabra

Me standing next to a giant candelabra in Lund Cathedral

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2d

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 2d

Probably. I only eat the licorice ones though.

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 2d

I know, doesn’t feel right, does it?

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 3d

God forbid women have hobbies.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3d

abcnews.go.com/US/woman-all...

Woman allegedly used dating apps to rob older men, say police

Adva Lavie has been accused of using dating apps to meet older men and burglarize their homes in LA, according to police.

abcnews.go.com

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · Aug 1

I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 3d

Also: Salmiak licorice selection is top notch

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 3d

Plot twist: it IS pretty!

A rainy evening on a cobblestone street in Lund

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 3d

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 3d

I’m one of the guests of honour!

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