NTN: Lilja Sigurdardottir interviewed

Icelandic author Lilja Sigurdardottir has been on our radar since Iceland Noir 2014, when she was part of a twilight literary tour around Reykjavik and read from her work in the square outside the Icelandic parliament. At the time we hoped her books would appear in English and now, thanks to Orenda Books and translator/author Quentin Bates, this is finally happening. Her third crime novel in Icelandic, and the first to appear in English, is Snare. It’s a book with a very interesting set-up – a young mother called Sonja is being forced to traffic drugs in the midst of Iceland’s financial crisis in 2010. It’s the start of the Reykjavik Noir trilogy and we asked Lilja to join us for New Talent November.

First of"defeat," as he lost to Harris in 2002 in the Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament. Those fights were ruled exhibition fights and thus didn't count toward official records, which is why Thompson (36-2) has just two losses.

For Arreola, more impressive than the two wins was his weight: he came in at an average of 235 pounds for the two fights, his lowest in four years, showing that he is taking his quest for another title shot seriously. He has won four times since losing to #6 Tomasz Adamek; his only other loss is to #2 Vitali Klitchko.

Thompson has won 5 straight since losing to #1 Wladimir Klitschko, and now he's in line for a title eliminator against #8 (and top-rated American) Eddie Chambers.

Both fighters face an uphill battle if they