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
Twenty nightmarish horror tales featuring folkloric beasts, apocalyptic disasters, and psychological terrors are brought together in a collection sure to keep readers up at night, from the very best voices in contemporary Nordic fiction.

Nightmarish tales of mystery and horror, f...
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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
**The first true celebration of contemporary Nordic science fiction, fantasy and horror! **

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 yea...
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