Despite having a population of only 370,000 people, Iceland is known for its huge literary output. That nation has the highest per capita number of published writers, including those that specialize in crime fiction.
Hildur Knútsdóttir is one those accomplished writers, although she is more widely known for her contributions to children’s literature. On Twitter, she shares that murder appears to be more common in fiction than in fact. The entire country has only one forensic scientist -- Pétur Guðmann Guðmannsson.
This gentleman found himself vexed by numerous professional questions from Iceland’s crime writers. In an effort to manage his workload, he conducted a seminar for them. It sold out. So, he offered a second seminar, which also sold out.
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