Hello, I'm Sif
I'm an Icelander living in Italy.
I've always wanted to write stories that capture the reader's imagination.
Back in the day, when I was a kid, we didn't have any cell phones or computers and my country only had one tv station that was closed on Thursdays and for the whole month of July. So instead of watching tv I used to read books all day. That's what nerds did in the 70's and 80's.
When I was a child, I used to write and produce little pamphlets with stories of cave men that fought dinosaurs and produce crime stories into radio plays that were acted out and recorded on a cassette recorder with my friend.
My mom was worried that there was something wrong with me because I was interested in thrillers, crime and horror from a young age, even though I had a very stable childhood in one of the safest countries in the world.
I went on to study and have a career in something very different and put my dreams of creative writing on the back burner for decades.
Then I had a midlife crisis. And another one.
And now I'm allowing myself to explore creative writing again. And fully immerse myself in my fascination with everything that is related to books of any kind.
I hope you like some of my books.
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What I'm working on
Novels and short stories
I'm currently working on my first full length novel, a crime thriller set in Victorian London.
I have written several short stories and will be sharing them with my newsletter subscribers.
Other projects are children's stories based on Icelandic folklore and non-fiction books about dog behaviour and training.
I'm a new author and while I'm finding my voice I am exploring all kinds of writing projects, just to see what I like the most. I don't want to define myself and put myself in a box before I even have a career. So for now I'll just be all over the place and I won't make any apologies for that. Take what you like and leave the rest.
My full name is Sif Traustadóttir. Don't worry if you can't pronounce my last name, nobody outside of Iceland can. I'll make a video some time and tell you how to pronounce it correctly. You can also just call me Sif. I'm named after the nordic goddess Sif, wife of Thor, earth goddess.