Kristín Eiríksdóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1981. She graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2005 and is a writer. Kristína's first book of poetry, Kjötbærinn, was published in 2004. Previously, her poems had appeared in magazines and newspapers, and right from the start she was one of the most notable poets of her generation. In the wake of Kjötbærinn, more poetry books followed, but in 2010 her first prose work, the short story collection Doris Dies, was published, and two years later her first novel, Hvítfeld – a family story. The books were unanimously praised by critics who agreed that Kristín had a strong grasp of form and created a unique atmosphere in her works. It can be said that Kristín made a real breakthrough with her second novel, which was published in 2017 and is entitled Elín, various things, for which she won both the Icelandic Literature Prize and the Fjara Prize. The book was also nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Award.

 

Her stories and poems have been translated and published abroad. In addition to writing poems and stories, Kristín has made a name for herself as a playwright and has also worked on art, participated in group exhibitions and staged performances here at home and abroad. Kristín wrote the libretto for the opera KOK, music by Thorunn Gréta Sigurdardottir.