Sólveig Eva Magnúsdóttir

(SOUL-vay)

I am an award-winning Icelandic-American author-illustrator and actress, published in The Washington Post, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Boston Globe and beyond. I freelance as a character- and storyboard artist for an animated series, and as a muralist.

I love exploring intimate relationships and the multiplicity of identity and belonging. I hope to write stories that — due to their whimsical framing — may bypass our guard and comfort our inner child, as well as entertain. I love stories that allow us to hold space and relate to our repressed emotions, neglected parts of ourselves, our wants and needs. 

I am currently completing my masters degree in theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. I studied creative writing at Stanford, UCB and UCLAx, as well as illustration, printmaking and design at Reykjavík School of Arts, SVA and RISD. I studied performing arts at Rose Bruford (BA), LAMDA, Stella Adler, Knickerbocker, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, and beyond. I have taught autobiographical physical theatre storytelling at leading European drama schools and institutions with my multi-award winning theatre company Spindrift. In addition to working as an author-illustrator I am an actress, appearing on Netflix, Showtime, HBO and TruTV.

I am represented by Cole Lanahan at The Seymour Agency.