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Hildur Knútsdóttir Interview, plus links to author biography, book summaries, excerpts and reviews

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Hildur Knútsdóttir

How to pronounce Hildur Knútsdóttir: hill-dure KNUTS-doh-teer

An interview with Hildur Knútsdóttir

Hildur Knútsdóttir discusses her horror novel, The Night Guest, with Daryl M. from the Los Angeles Public Library.

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    Nafkote Tamirat is a native of Boston. She holds an MFA from Columbia University. Her short stories have appeared in Birkensnake, The Anemone Sidecar, and Best Paris Stories. The Parking Lot Attendant is her first novel. (more)

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