Nanna Rögnvaldardottir

Just got the first copies of my new novel, When Truth Sleeps.

We have been waiting for that one for a while. #volcano #eruption #Grindavík #wievfrommybalcony

Here we go again. #volcano #Grindavik #eruption #Iceland #viewfrommybalcony.

This is amazing. They are laying a new hot water pipe over lava that ran 4 days ago. 1-2 meters below them is molten rock, 6-800°C hot. Now hot water is streaming into the tanks and 25.000 people will again have water to heat their homes. #volcano #eruption #Iceland

Here you can see how close the lava flow is to the Blue Lagoon and the geothermal plant. It severed the hot water pipes so now 25,000 people are without water to heat their homes. There is a plan to construct a new pipe through the 2-day old fiercely hot lava. #volcano #eruption

Are you on your way to Iceland and have tickets to the Blue Lagoon? Don't count on being able to use them ... #eruption #volcano #Iceland #Grindavik #bluelagoon

This is where the lava stopped. The house next door burned completely to the ground. Here, not even the hedge caught fire. But will anyone ever live here again? #volcano #eruption #Grindavík #Grindavík

Now that's real reality TV. #volcano #eruption #Grindavík #Grindavik

On my TV screen just now. #eruption #volcano #Grindavik #Grindavík

A new fissure opened a few minutes ago, a few dozen meters from the village. #eruption #Grindavik

The eruption. Very close to the (evacuated) village of Grindavík. #eruption #Grindavik

Yet another eruption. This time very close to the village of Grindavík. #viewfrommybalcony #eruption #Iceland

My debut novel Valskan (about the life and adventures of my great-great-great-great-great grandmother) was the 11th best selling novel in Iceland in 2023.

Having my book picked as the debut novel of the year in Iceland feels ... well, a bit strange when you are a 66-year old great-grandmother.

My novel Valskan is in tenth place on the fiction bestseller list in the week leading up to Christmas. (And in fifth place if crime novels are excluded.) Not bad. And it is the only debut novel on the fiction list. Not at all bad for a writer in her late sixties.

Tonight I was awarded a medal by the Icelandic Chef's Assonciation for my contribution to Icelandic cooking and preserving traditions. I'm humbled and happy.

The Grindavík golf course after last night's earthquakes.

Earthquakes in the last 48 hours. The town of Grindavík was evacuated during the night.