Her novels have been translated into English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Polish.
She went to Norway for higher studies, and upon returning to Iceland, decided to write a novel.
The same novel won the British literary award New Blood Dagger in 2021.
Subsequent books in her Forbidden Iceland series include Girls Who Lie and Night Shadows.
She is published in English translation by Orenda Books, and she has been dubbed the "Icelandic Ruth Rendell" by the British press.