Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir, also known as Owl Fisher (born 6 January 1991), is an Icelandic journalist, filmmaker, author and non-binary trans activist.
[4] Fisher was a founding member of HIN - Hinsegin Norðurland, an organisation for queer people in Northern Iceland in 2011.
They have contributed articles to a number of British newspapers, including The Guardian[13] and The Independent,[14] as well as to the lesbian magazine DIVA.
[15] In June 2020, Fisher and three other authors resigned in protest from the Blair Partnership literary agency also representing J.K. Rowling, when the company refused to issue a public statement of support for transgender rights, saying that "freedom of speech can only be upheld if the structural inequalities that hinder equal opportunities for underrepresented groups are challenged and changed.
"[16] In 2016 and 2017, Fisher ran for parliament in Iceland on behalf of Vinstri Græn, an eco-socialist political party.