Sigurlín Bjarney Gísladóttir is always called by her second name, Bjarney. She graduated from The Icelandic Tourist Guide School in the year 2000 and has good experience with the Golden Circle tour. As well as being a writer and a poet she is currently working on her PhD project in Icelandic Literature with an emphasis on the conceptions of nature in the 17th century. Bjarney has published six books with poetry, short stories and a novella. Her most recent book of poetry, Tungusól og nokkrir dagar í maí (Tongue-sun and a Few Days in May) was published in 2016.

Bjarney will be the guide on the Literary Borgarfjörður day tour.