Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in Reykjavik in 1962, Sjón is a celebrated Icelandic novelist. He won the Nordic Council’s Literary Prize (the Nordic countries’ equivalent of the Man Booker Prize) for his novel The Blue Fox, and his novel From the Mouth of the Whale was short-listed for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Also a poet, librettist, and lyricist, he has published nine poetry collections and written four opera librettos, as well as lyrics for various artists. In 2001 he was nominated for an Oscar for his lyrics for the film Dancer in the Dark. Sjón’s novels have been published in thirty-five languages. You can sign up for email updates here.