Finnish author Satu Rämö (b. 1980) moved to Iceland twenty years ago and has since become one of Finland’s most successful authors. Her fiction debut and the first novel in the internationally bestselling Hildur series, The Clues in the Fjord, was an instant success, following its publication in Finland 2022. The award-winning series has sold over 1.5 million copies across 29 territories. A Finnish-Icelandic TV adaptation based on the series premiered in early 2026.

In addition to her crime fiction, Rämö is celebrated for her nonfiction works, including knitting books inspired by the wool sweaters featured in the Hildur universe, as well as her children’s series The Iceland Adventures. She lives in the small town of Ísafjörður in northwest Iceland with her husband and their two children.

“A gripping reading experience in an Icelandic setting – the Hildur series is brilliant!”
— Viveca Sten

“Satu Rämö’s Hildur series is a wildly successful publishing phenomenon that has put the genre of “Nordic blue” on Europe’s literary map.”
– The Guardian

“Atmospheric and startlingly original.”
– Sunday Times