Blóðdropinn

Blóðdropinn (Drop of Blood) is an annual Icelandic literary award for the best crime novel of the previous year, which has been awarded since 2007. The author of the winning novel becomes Iceland's candidate for the Glass Key award.

Winners

Year	Author	Original title	English title
2019	Lilja Sigurðardóttir	Svik JPV (Forlagið), Reykjavík 2018
2018	Lilja Sigurðardóttir	Búrið JPV útgáfa, Reykjavík 2016	Cage
2017	Arnaldur Indriðason	Petsamo Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavík 2016
2016	Óskar Guðmundsson	Hilma Draumsýn, Reykjavík 2015
2015	Yrsa Sigurðardóttir	DNA Veröld, Reykjavík 2014	The Legacy
2014	Stefán Máni	Grimmd JPV, Reykjavík 2013	Cruelty
2013	Stefán Máni	Húsið JPV, Reykjavík 2012	The House
2012	Sigurjón Pálsson	Klækir Sigurjón Pálsson, Reykjavík 2011	Monkey business
2011	Yrsa Sigurðardóttir	Ég man þig Veröld, Reykjavík 2010	I Remember You Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2012
2010	Helgi Ingólfsson	Þegar kóngur kom Ormstunga, Reykjavík 2009	When the King Came
2009	Ævar Örn Jósepsson	Land tækifæranna Uppheimar, Akranes 2008	Land of Opportunities
2008	Arnaldur Indriðason	Harðskafi JPV, Reykjavík 2007	Hypothermia Harvell Seckler; London, 2009
2007	Stefán Máni	Skipið JPV, Reykjavík 2006	The Ship Murdoch Books, Sydney 2012.

References

• "Verðlaun – Blóðdropinn" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
• Brunsdale, Mitzi M. (2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub. p. 207. ISBN 978-0786475360.

External links

• The Drop of Blood on the Reykjavík City of Literature website