Gunnar Helgason

(b.1965) is a popular actor and well known for all kinds of entertaining material for children which has enjoyed great popularity for many years. In the past few years Helgason has published several extremely popular children‘s books, including the five-part series about Stella and her family. The first book, My Bonkers Mum!, won him the Icelandic Literature Prize and the Children’s Choice Book Prize has been bestowed upon him six times. Gunnar Helgason was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2022. gunnarhelgason.co.uk

Title Awards

Stella Says Goodbye (2024) — Iceland's Children's Choice Book Award, Won
Do Not Kill! (2023) — Icelandic Literary Prize, Won
Bella the Motor-Cross Gal (2023) — Iceland's Children's Choice Book Award, Won
Bella the Motor-Cross Gal (2023) — Children's Choice Book Prize 2024, Nominated
Do Not Lie! (2022) — Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize 2022, Nominated
Do Not Lie! (2022) — West Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize 2022, Nominated
PlayStation Palli (2021) — Iceland's Children's Choice Book Award, Won
Grandma is Best (2017) — The Icelandic Booksellers' Prize 2017, Nominated
Professor Dad (2016) — Children's Choice Book Prize 2016, Won
My Bonkers Mum! (2015) — The Icelandic Literary Prize for Children and Young People's Books 2015, Won
My Bonkers Mum! (2015) — The Children's Choice Book Prize 2015, Won
My Bonkers Mum! (2015) — The West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize 2015, Nominated
My Bonkers Mum! (2015) — IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities Selection, Won
My Bonkers Mum! (2015) — The Icelandic Literary Prize for Children and Young People Books 2015, Won
My Bonkers Mum! (2015) — The Icelandic Bookseller's Prize for Children's Books, Won
Offside in Reykjavik (2013) — Children's Choice Book Prize 2014, Won
Free Kick Fantasy (2012) — Children's Choice Book Prize 2013, Won