Ragnar was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he works as a writer and a lawyer. He also teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University and has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV-news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.
He is also the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir.
From the age of 17, Ragnar translated 14 Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic.
Ragnar has also had short stories published internationally, including in the distinguished Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in the US, the first stories by an Icelandic author in that magazine.
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Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Thriller, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Anthology, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, Iceland, fiction, Nordic Noir, Serial murders, Serie:Dark-Iceland, Serie:Siglufjörður, Police, Fiction, thrillers, general, Investigation, Murder, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Serie:Hidden-Iceland, Serie:Hulda, Sneak Peek, Crimes againstPeople
Ari Thór Arason (Fictitious character), Ari Þór Arason, Hulda Hermannsdottir, Elín S. JónsdóttirID Numbers
- OLID: OL6861869A
- Amazon ID: B00FLSQNUC
- BookBrainz: 910d751e-ef40-44ef-882c-90ab2cf49349
- GoodReads: 3481417
- ISNI: 0000000382393583
- Library of Congress Names: nr2002029792
- LibraryThing: jonassonragnar
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RT1V029432
- VIAF: 265699003
- Wikidata: Q28086160
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q28086160
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- Jónasson Ragnar
- Ragnar Jonasson
- Ragnar Jónasson, 1976-
- רגנאר יונאסון, 1976-
- Рагнар Йонассон 1976-
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