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My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with the words, 'dream on'.... →
You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel... →
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.
I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether... →
People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being... →
When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I'm just trying to meet those. I'm not going to distract myself with... →
I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
I still don't know why, exactly, but I do think people can have a spiritual connection to landscape, and I certainly did in Iceland.
There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums... →
I don't like to pretend I was guided in any way by the supernatural world, but the more you talk about that, the easier it is to dismiss those... →
In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And... →
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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