Snorri Kristjánsson (born 1974,

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) is an

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-born writer. His family moved to

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in 1983, where he lived for seven years. Since 2005, Snorri, has been based in The

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, and currently lives in

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with his wife,

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. ''Swords of Good Men'', a

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fantasy novel, is his first novel released in 2013, and the first instalment of the Valhalla Saga. The second part of the saga is called ''Blood Will Follow'' and the third part ''Path of the Gods''. He has since then published two books in the Helga Finnsdottir series, ''Kin'' and ''Council''. He graduated with a BA in English from the

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in 2010, his thesis was on editing a novel, supported by two 300-page manuscripts of the book that would ultimately become ''Swords of Good Men''. Prior to that he studied drama at the

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Novels

* ''Swords of Good Men'' (2013), Book 1 of the Valhalla Saga. Published by Jo Fletcher Books in the UK and Quercus Books in the US. * ''Blood Will Follow'' (2014), Book 2 of the Valhalla Saga. Published by Jo Fletcher Books in the UK and Quercus Books in the US. * ''Path of Gods'' (2015), Book 3 of the Valhalla Saga. Published by Jo Fletcher Books in the UK and Quercus Books in the US. *''Kin'' (2018), Book 1 of the Helga Finnsdottir series. Published by Jo Fletcher Books in the UK *''Council'' (2019), Book 2 of the Helga Finnsdottir series. Published by Jo Fletcher Books in the UK

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Kristjánsson reading a piece from his book "Swords of goodmen"

Swords review

REVIEW : Blood Will Follow by Snorri Kristjansson
1974 births Living people Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson Date of birth missing (living people) Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson {{Iceland-writer-stub