Margrét Helgadóttir

About The Author

Margrét Helgadóttir is a Norwegian-Icelandic writer and anthology editor living in Oslo, Norway. Her stories have appeared in a number of both magazines and print anthologies and her debut book The Stars Seem So Far Away, was finalist to British Fantasy Awards 2016. Margrét is editor of the anthologies Nordic Visions (2023), Winter Tales (2016) and the anthology series Fox Spirit Books of Monsters, seven volumes published between 2014 and 2020. Three volumes were shortlisted to British Fantasy Awards as Best Anthology (2016, 2017 and 2018), and Margret was also awarded with Starburst Magazine’s Brave New Words Award in 2018 for her editor work on Pacific Monsters. https://margrethelgadottir.wordpress.com

Books by Margrét Helgadóttir

Nordic Nightmares: The Best of Nordic Horror
By John Ajvide Lindqvist, Marko Hautala and Steinar Bragi
Edited by Margrét Helgadóttir
Nightmarish tales of mystery and horror, from the best voices in contemporary Nordic fiction.

You know them from the stories whispered around the campfire. Sometimes, they’re dark creatures from tall forests or murky bogs, luring their victims to their death, or the apocalyptic roa...
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Nordic Visions: The Best of Nordic Speculative Fiction
By John Ajvide Lindqvist, Maria Haskins and Karin Tidbeck
Edited by Margrét Helgadóttir
Tales of the dark, fantastical and delightfully strange from the best voices in Nordic fiction.

Storytelling has been a major force in the Nordic countries for thousands of years, from the epic Icelandic Sagas to best-selling crime with a noir flair. This anthology collects stories...
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