Linda Olafsdottir

ILLUSTRATOR

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND

Linda Olafsdottir is the talented Icelandic author and illustrator who created our fabulus Iceland totes! She has illustrated numerous children’s books and has been honored with awards and nominations for her work.

Linda wrote and illustrated her debut picture book PLAY? and it has been translated to French and Icelandic. She has illustrated several books in collaboration with author Sam McBratney, including Mindi and the Goose No One Else Could See, as well as Here is Iceland, and Reykjavík barnanna (Forlagið). Linda’s upcoming book, I DARE! I CAN! I WILL! is about the Icelandic Women’s day off. It will be published in the USA and Iceland in 2023.

Linda lives in Reykjavík with her husband and two children, where she sharpens her pencils, draws, paints, and drinks espresso from her backyard studio. When she is not illustrating, she loves to travel, hike in the highlands and cook something for hours.

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