The tales featuring razor-tongued Reykjavík lawyer Stella Blómkvist – with her taste for neat whiskey, a liking for easy money and a moral compass all of her own – have been bestsellers in Iceland since the first of Stella’s escapades appeared in print back in the 1990s.
Since then, the author who calls herself (or himself) Stella Blómkvist has managed to remain anonymous. There has been endless speculation about who really writes the Stella Blómkvist novels, with the spotlight having focused over the years on numerous politicians, authors, journalists and others in the public eye. But so far the pseudonym still hasn’t been cracked.
The question of Stella Blómkvist’s identity is one that crops up regularly, but it looks like it’s going to remain a mystery…