Lilja Sigurðardóttir is an award-winning crime writer, playwright and screenwriter. She is the author of eight crime novels, has won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award Blóðdropinn (Drop of Blood) twice, shortlisted to the Glass Key and longlisted to the CWA Dagger Award. The Reykjavík Noir Trilogy has been an international success and the first book in the series, Snare was published in English by Orenda books in 2017 followed by Trap in 2018. The final part, Cage was published in October 2019. Standalone political thriller Betrayal is just out in English and on its way to bookstores. Lilja lives in Reykjavík with her partner and dog.