Magnús Sigurðsson (b. 1984) is an Icelandic poet and translator. Sigurðsson’s first book of poems, Fiðrildi, mynta og spörfuglar Lesbíu (2008), received the Tómas Guðmundsson Poetry Prize. In 2013, Sigurðsson received the prestigious Jón úr Vör Poetry Prize. Sigurðsson’s translations include a collection of poems by the Norwegian Tor Ulven, Steingerð vængjapör (2012), Ezra Pound’s The Pisan Cantos (2007), and a Spanish translation from the Icelandic, together with Laía Argüelles Folch, of Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir’s seminal book of poems, La cabeza de la mujer (2011). Sigurðsson’s third book of poems, Cold Moons, translated by Meg Matich, was published by Phoneme Media in 2017. Sigurðsson’s most recent collection of poems, Veröld hlý og góð, was nominated for the Maístjörnu Poetry Prize in 2017. // Magnús Sigurðsson fæddist árið 1984 á Ísafirði. Hann vakti þegar athygli með sínu fyrsta verki, íslenskri þýðingu á stórvirki bandaríska ljóðskáldsins Ezra Pound, Söngvarnir frá Písa. Bókin kom út á vegum Bókmenntafræðistofnunar Háskóla Íslands. Árið 2008 hlaut Magnús Bókmenntaverðlaun Tómasar Guðmundssonar, fyrir ljóðabók sína Fiðrildi, mynta og spörfuglar Lesbíu, þar sem þýðingar Magnúsar á ljóðum rómversku fornaldarskáldanna Katúllusar og Virgils kallast á við frumort ljóð. Sama ár kom út smásagnasafnið Hálmstráin, hvort tveggja hjá bókaforlaginu Uppheimum. Í kjölfarið hafa fylgt ljóðabækur, þýðingar og greinasöfn um bókmenntir sem hafa áunnið Magnúsi sess í fremstu röð ljóðskálda sinnar kynslóðar. Árið 2013 hlaut Magnús Ljóðstaf Jóns úr Vör, fyrir ljóð sitt „Tunglsljós“, sem birtist síðar í þriðju ljóðabók hans, Tími kaldra mána.

Kristín grew up in Hafnarfjörður. She studied Literature and Spanish at the University of Iceland, then pursued Spanish at the Universities of Barcelona and Copenhagen. She has published poetry, novels, short stories and plays. Her first publication was the poetry book Í húsinu okkar er þoka (There is Fog in Our House) in 1987, and her first novel, Svartir brúðarkjólar (Black Wedding Dresses) came out in 1992. Kristín has won many awards for her work, including the DV Cultural Prize for Literature for her 1998 novel Elskan mín ég dey (I Will Die, my Love). Kristín has worked with other artists, such as the photographer Nanna Bisp Büchert, with whom she produced the book Sérstakur dagur (Special Day), in which poetry and photographs work together. She has also collaborated with Haraldur Jónsson on the film The Secret Lives of Icelanders.

Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer, born in Reykjavik on July 14, 1973. An award winning author published in 40 languages. His most recent book is On Time and Water - a book seeking to explore the issue of time and climate change through language, mythology and memoir. Andri has written novels, poetry, plays, short stories, essays and he has directed documentary films. His novel LoveStar was chosen as “Novel of the year” by Icelandic booksellers, it received the DV Literary Award, The Philip K. Dick special citation Award of 2013 and won the french Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire as best foreign Sci-Fi in France 2016. His children’s book, The Story of the Blue Planet, was the first children’s book to receive the Icelandic Literary Prize and has been published or performed in 35 countries. His first book of poetry was a runaway best seller published by the Bonus supermarket chain in Iceland. The Story of the Blue Planet received the Janusz Korczak Honorary Award 2000 and the West Nordic Children’s Book Prize 2002 and the Green Earth Honor Award 2013 and the UKLA Award 2014. The play from the story was performed on the main stage of YPT in Toronto in 2005 and 2013. He has been active in the fight for preserving the delicate nature of Iceland, his book Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation takes on these issues. Dreamland has been made into a feature-length documentary film. Andri Magnason is the winner of the Kairos Award of 2010 granted by the Alfred Toepfer institute in Hamburg. His most recent documentary films are The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole - a bipolar musical documentary with elephants and Apausalypse, available on the website of Emergence Magazine. Andri Snær Magnason lives in Reykjavík. He is married with four children. His work has been published to more than 40 languages.

Thordis Helgadottir is an Icelandic author. Her work has been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the Icelandic Literature Prize, The Icelandic Women's Literature Prize, Maístjarnan – The Icelandic Poetry Prize and won The Jón úr Vör Poetry Prize. She was the 2019-20 Resident Playwright at The Reykjavík City Theatre. She is a member of the writers' collective Impostor Poets.