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Hildur Knútsdóttir

@hildur.bsky.social

Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!

created May 5, 2023

15,243 followers 1,863 following 8,379 posts

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Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly ❤️

2/9/2025, 4:55:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reposted

Good morning Vol. II

Uggi the dog jumping on the beach, not one leg is touching the ground
2/9/2025, 9:53:42 AM | 574 43 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

BUTT

2/9/2025, 4:43:35 PM | 28 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just sharing Uggi’s tiny but again in case you missed it this morning

2/9/2025, 4:42:30 PM | 84 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chuck Wendig (@chuckwendig.bsky.social) reposted

roses are red gold is the key

Headline: CROWS CAN UNDERSTAND GEOMETRY Photo: closeup or a crow or raven facing left
2/9/2025, 2:44:00 PM | 1300 297 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers.bsky.social) reposted

This is the way

2/9/2025, 2:04:35 PM | 400 85 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nína Richter (@ninarichter.bsky.social) reposted

Kæru nemendur, við höfum ákveðið að varpa prentaranum í sólina.

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2/9/2025, 1:44:10 PM | 24 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture María Björk (@baragrin.bsky.social) reposted

ég var að lesa finnskar rannsóknir um að snorri másson sé ekki til

2/9/2025, 11:40:24 AM | 61 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Monitoring the street, making sure everything is OK.

2/9/2025, 11:52:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Ég er að vinna með VPN og horfa á það í gegnum ameríska Netflix.

2/9/2025, 11:52:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 9:57:32 AM | 81 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 9:56:49 AM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 9:55:32 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 9:55:15 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

And you know what running on the beach means: Bonus photos!

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2/9/2025, 9:54:36 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

Good morning Vol. II

Uggi the dog jumping on the beach, not one leg is touching the ground
2/9/2025, 9:53:42 AM | 574 43 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

Good morning Vol. I

Uggi the dog peeking out the window
2/9/2025, 8:05:06 AM | 239 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Kræst.

1/9/2025, 8:31:09 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Þórdís Helgadóttir (@thordis.bsky.social) reposted

Fleiri spenntir fyrir nýjustu Lárubókinni?

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1/9/2025, 8:06:07 PM | 33 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

That is a good plan.

1/9/2025, 8:30:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reposted

Have I told you about the first time I let my daughter walk alone to piano practice? She had to cross a (big-ish) street, so I told her I would walk behind her and observe. At the zebra walk my daughter, like a boss, puts out her palm to signal the oncoming driver to stop. And Björk stops her car.

1/9/2025, 12:54:25 PM | 927 72 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

It is!

1/9/2025, 6:39:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that TV station?

1/9/2025, 4:42:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

And no I don’t like baking and I don’t like cakes and sweet things in general, but Bake Off is soothing.

1/9/2025, 4:42:29 PM | 57 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

I wish there were endless seasons of The Great British Bake Off.

1/9/2025, 4:30:33 PM | 88 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

I know! I can't wait to see what she does next!

1/9/2025, 2:44:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Just realised @hollygramazio.bsky.social is here! Ping!

1/9/2025, 2:43:47 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

I just finished The Husbands by Holly Gramazio yesterday and it is absolutely bonkers while still managing to somehow play it straight and I enjoyed it so much. You should check it out.

1/9/2025, 2:36:03 PM | 41 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jo Walton (@bluejo.bsky.social) reposted

Hey hey hey! My new novel Everybody's Perfect is available to preorder with a release date of June 30th 2026! (I'm linking to Amazon but you can preorder it from anywhere good books are sold) www.amazon.com/Everybodys-P...

1/9/2025, 4:56:13 AM | 111 37 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) reposted

This is Spud. She was offered a stick of celery today and took personal offense to that. 12/10 (IG: spud.the.cryptid)

a photo of a small beige and white pup named Spud deviously eyeing a stalk of celery dangling in front of her. the stare is absolutely menacing. Spud has now taken a few steps back and assumed a fighting position. she’s set in downward dog as she stares at her opponent (the celery) our tiny puppy friend is now in attack mode, making her next attempt to take on his celery enemy. the outcome is unknown.
1/9/2025, 12:58:27 PM | 3011 318 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

I was once at a bar. Björk asked if a table was free. I said “No, sorry.” She said “Oh okay”.

1/9/2025, 1:15:33 PM | 93 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

My daughter crosses the street and goes to play the piano. The end.

1/9/2025, 12:55:32 PM | 224 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

Have I told you about the first time I let my daughter walk alone to piano practice? She had to cross a (big-ish) street, so I told her I would walk behind her and observe. At the zebra walk my daughter, like a boss, puts out her palm to signal the oncoming driver to stop. And Björk stops her car.

1/9/2025, 12:54:25 PM | 927 72 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted

Millennials are middle aged now but not me. I stayed young somehow

1/9/2025, 11:50:47 AM | 3073 370 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

Good morning

Uggi the dog out on his morning walk
1/9/2025, 9:11:28 AM | 144 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lauren46.bsky.social (@lauren46.bsky.social) reposted

Weekend reads 10/10 @hildur.bsky.social

A german shepherd dog sitting in a living room and Hildur Knutsdottir’s book The Night Guest in the foreground
31/8/2025, 10:09:22 PM | 32 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Happy reading!

31/8/2025, 10:21:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Til hamingju!!

31/8/2025, 9:26:26 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mary Robinette Kowal (@maryrobinettekowal.com) reposted

Holy crap! My story "Marginalia" just won the Eugie Foster award at Dragoncon

The Eugie Foster award, a wood plaque with a brass filigree of a face and wings.
31/8/2025, 8:28:06 PM | 1506 53 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Lol I do!!

31/8/2025, 7:36:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reposted

When I say something stupid here I often think about just deleting the post out of embarrassment but then I always decide not to, because you know what? Even people who own exceptionally beautiful dogs can be stupid on social media. Let’s normalise it.

Uggi, my exceptionally beautiful dog running in heather at sunset
31/8/2025, 9:27:11 AM | 550 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Vó spennó!

31/8/2025, 3:57:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Ertu flutt til Parísar?

31/8/2025, 1:06:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry!!

31/8/2025, 11:29:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

Good morning

Uggi the dog walking by the Reykjavík pond
31/8/2025, 11:27:52 AM | 149 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

This will teach you not to listen to me!

31/8/2025, 9:27:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

When I say something stupid here I often think about just deleting the post out of embarrassment but then I always decide not to, because you know what? Even people who own exceptionally beautiful dogs can be stupid on social media. Let’s normalise it.

Uggi, my exceptionally beautiful dog running in heather at sunset
31/8/2025, 9:27:11 AM | 550 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s not 😭

31/8/2025, 9:15:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

And it’s the P that’s silent! I’d best not discuss ptarmigans AT ALL in the future.

31/8/2025, 9:14:51 AM | 65 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh god you are right!!

31/8/2025, 9:13:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture derek van vliet (@derek.bike) reposted

here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road

31/8/2025, 12:07:06 AM | 2618 1016 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 (@haileypiperfights.bsky.social) reposted

Meanwhile, at horror:

31/8/2025, 12:08:15 AM | 127 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

It’s not even been a year since I was telling an English speaking friend about the Icelandic tradition of eating Rock Ptarmigan on Christmas Eve, and friends, I pronounced the t! She corrected me and I realised I had only ever read the word.

31/8/2025, 8:49:03 AM | 87 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 4:05:06 PM | 1636 271 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 (@andiesophia.is) reposted

i will vote for any party in the next Reykjavík municipal elections that promises to Go Full Paris on cars

30/8/2025, 11:04:23 AM | 54 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

PENTAGON PIZZA INDEX

30/8/2025, 10:46:55 AM | 71 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLo...

30/8/2025, 9:28:33 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

Uhn Reddit is speculating that Trump might be dead??

30/8/2025, 9:26:57 AM | 26 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Agreed! Also the hanging, and the staying under water. Besides, he also didn’t seem the type to be very interested in gold/money or things that he could buy with it. But I was still very willing to suspend my disbelief and thought it was a very fun movie.

29/8/2025, 10:39:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

That is about right!

29/8/2025, 9:50:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes please!

29/8/2025, 9:45:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Look at him!

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29/8/2025, 9:44:39 PM | 75 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

We don’t really let Uggi’s coat grow that long anymore, as it gets very matted very fast once it’s over a certain length and then the grooming takes a lot longer and can be painful and he hates it already so now he just goes every 8 weeks. But I do sometimes miss having him so fluffy!

29/8/2025, 9:41:35 PM | 116 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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omg!

29/8/2025, 9:27:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The same cannot be said about the Nazis though.

29/8/2025, 9:27:07 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The dog lives!

29/8/2025, 9:26:42 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

We finally watched Sisu, the only movie I have ever heard about starring a Bedlington Terrier. And it looks so much like Uggi, when his coat grows a bit long! Uggi slept through most of it lying on my stomach, but I quite enjoyed it.

29/8/2025, 9:24:32 PM | 85 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chuck Wendig (@chuckwendig.bsky.social) reposted

Hey, if you’ve read THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS (or any book by any author!) and liked it, please leave a review! And share your love of books with friends, family, strangers, internet randolorians, foes, nemeses, woodland creatures, cryptids, prophets, influencers, exfluencers, and filthy hobbitses.

29/8/2025, 4:13:00 PM | 377 91 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Iceland becomes very cold, might even become too cold to be habitable.

29/8/2025, 7:06:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good morning

Uggi the dog running at the beach
29/8/2025, 8:51:39 AM | 519 41 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

29/8/2025, 2:51:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Holy fuck

29/8/2025, 1:01:18 PM | 88 17 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bonus photos

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Good morning

Uggi the dog running at the beach
29/8/2025, 8:51:39 AM | 519 41 | View on Bluesky | view

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They have not!

28/8/2025, 9:25:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Beach body tips: eat bug

A Willie Wagtail on a white sand beach. This is a small black songbird with a very long tail, a white chest, and a white eyebrow. It has black eyes and a skinny, pointed black bill.
28/8/2025, 12:07:02 PM | 560 101 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Clay McLeod Chapman (@claymcleod.bsky.social) reposted

stephen graham jones getting a horror novel on obama’s summer reading list giving me hope for all the other little horror authors out there

28/8/2025, 10:27:48 AM | 114 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alyssa Harad (@alyssaharad.bsky.social) reposted

“The big question is whether there is a significant revolt from within the author class after the settlement terms are unveiled…”. BE REVOLTING, Y’ALL www.wired.com/story/anthro...

28/8/2025, 11:15:42 AM | 32 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

It is! My sister made it for me.

28/8/2025, 11:33:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good morning

Uggi the dog down at Reykjavík harbour
28/8/2025, 11:24:46 AM | 128 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Garth Nix (@garthnix.bsky.social) reposted

With news of a reported settlement with Anthropic I went back to check the class action form and it now allows authors outside the US to input their address, so it may be worth adding your known pirated titles (from the LibGen pirate database) www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

27/8/2025, 10:36:53 PM | 552 474 | View on Bluesky | view

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In a couple of months we’ll be waking up in the dark. I’m not ready.

28/8/2025, 7:40:01 AM | 34 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Calling it: Autumn light is here.

28/8/2025, 7:32:08 AM | 72 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted

it's easier to buy a gun in the united states than high-rise trousers

27/8/2025, 8:54:24 PM | 8034 688 | View on Bluesky | view

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If there was one thing I could ban from horror movies it would be children’s drawings.

27/8/2025, 8:11:29 PM | 42 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Me, to myself on Friday: Yay, you've been working so hard and you turned in the thing! You deserve a few days of lying on the couch and watching something shitty! Me, to myself today: What have you been doing for the last few days? Nothing? Ew.

27/8/2025, 6:49:00 PM | 34 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have a horrible boss who wants me to always be working and always productive and yes it's me, I'm the boss. The joys of being self-employed!

27/8/2025, 6:45:39 PM | 138 9 | View on Bluesky | view

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Afternoon

Uggi the dog out on a walk
27/8/2025, 6:17:55 PM | 87 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Iceland was a colony of Norway and then of Denmark so we have all kinds of feelings.

27/8/2025, 3:50:59 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Congratulations!

27/8/2025, 12:57:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No. We and the Finns stick together to dunk on the Swedes, Danes and the Norwegians.

27/8/2025, 11:43:35 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) reply parent

Apparently this is not the first serial pool pooper Oulu. Another was apprehended in 2018 but no arrest was made.

27/8/2025, 11:31:14 AM | 26 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social)

Breaking from the Icelandic news: A serial public-pool pooper is still at large in Oulu. And Oulu is in Finland, but we love our public pools and therefore this has been deemed relevant to the Icelandic public by the editors.

27/8/2025, 11:30:03 AM | 83 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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Update: He turned so I could scratch other parts too

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