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Eliza Reid

Canadian
Icelandic
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Eliza Reid is a journalist, editor, and cofounder of the annual Iceland Writers Retreat. Eliza grew up on a hobby farm near Ottawa, Canada, and moved to Iceland in 2003, five years after meeting the man who later became her husband, Gudni Th. Jóhannesson. When he took office as President of Iceland on August 1, 2016, Eliza became the country’s first lady. In that capacity, she has been active in promoting gender equality, entrepreneurship and innovation, tourism and sustainability, as well as the country’s writers and rich literary heritage.

Eliza Reid’s Festival appearance is generously supported by Icelandair.

Eliza Reid appears as part of Nordic Bridges 2022.

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Eliza Reid's Secrets of the Sprakkar book cover
Secrets of the Sprakkar

2022

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