Nancy Marie Brown

About The Author

Nancy Marie Brown is the author of several highly praised cultural histories, including The Real Valkyrie, Song of the Vikings, and Ivory Vikings. These titles have been favorably reviewed in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Economist, the Times Literary Supplement, the Wall Street Journal, and many other journals. Brown has spent decades studying Icelandic literature and culture. She lives on a farm in Vermont where she keeps four Icelandic horses and an Icelandic sheepdog.

Books by Nancy Marie Brown

Looking for the Hidden Folk

How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth

By Nancy Marie Brown
*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE*

"An impassioned, informative love letter to Iceland." —New York Times Book Review

"This compelling and highly readable book offers a thought-provoking examination of nature of belief itself" —Bookpage, st...
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