Special Guest: Arnaldur Indridason Interviewed By Barry Forshaw

Arnuldar Indridason gives interviews rarely and guards his privacy fiercely, and has admitted he’d rather be home writing than touring on book promotions. It’s a huge privilege then to welcome the Icelandic author, whose macabre thrillers starring the introspective Scandinavian inspector Erlendur Sveinsson, have been translated into 20 languages and enjoy huge sales worldwide. Having worked for many years as a journalist and film critic for the Icelandic newspaper Morgunbladid, he began writing novels aged 34. The son of the prominent Icelandic novelist Indridi Thorsteinsson, he hid his writing at first from his father. By the summer of 2003, his crime novels occupied the top five spots in the Icelandic bestseller list and the following year his books made up seven of the 10 most borrowed from the Reykjavik library. He speaks to writer and journalist Barry Forshaw. 'Special Guest: Arnaldur Indridason Interviewed By Barry Forshaw' was recorded live at Harrogate International Festivals' Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in July 2015.