Gunnar Helgason – Photo: Einar Speigth

The Icelandic author Gunnar Helgason is an actor, director and author of children’s books. Recently he has focused on writing stories about the boy Jón Jónson, a soccer player. Gunnar received the IBBY Award in 2013 for his books about Jón Jónsson and the same year he received The Childrens Literary Award for his book Aukaspyrna á Akureyri (2012).