Fríða Ísberg is an Icelandic author based in Reykjavík. Her novel THE MARK won The P.O. Enquist Award, The Icelandic Women’s Literature Prize for Fiction, The Icelandic Booksellers Choice Award, and she is the 2021 recipient for The Optimist Award, handed by the President of Iceland to one national artist. Her short story collection ITCH was nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2020. Fríða is a member of the writer's collective Svikaskáld and her writing has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The Southern Review, The Iowa Review, and more. Her work has been or is to be translated into 19 languages.