Victoria Cribb

Victoria Cribb

Victoria Cribb studied and worked in Reykjavík for a number of years and has translated more than fifty books by Icelandic authors, including Arnaldur Indriðason, Ragnar Jónasson, Sjón and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. Many of these works have been nominated for prizes. In 2021 her translation of Eva Björg Ægisdóttir’s The Creak on the Stairs becamethe first translated book to win the UK Crime Writer’s Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. In 2017 she received the Orðstír honorary translation award for services to Icelandic literature.