Auður Haralds

Auður Haralds er íslenskur rithöfundur. Fyrsta skáldsaga hennar, Hvunndagshetjan: þrjár öruggar aðferðir til að eignast óskilgetin börn árið 1979, vakti mikla athygli sem opinská grátbrosleg lýsing á hlutskipti kvenna við upphaf ákveðins kafla í kvennabaráttu á Íslandi. Hún fylgdi henni eftir með Læknamafían árið 1980 og Hlustið þér á Mozart? 1982. Skömmu síðar komu út þrjár bækur hennar um Elías sem byggðu á innslögum sem hún skrifaði fyrir Stundina okkar, sem Sigurður Sigurjónsson lék, og unglingabókin Baneitrað samband á Njálsgötunni. 1987 kom svo út síðasta skáldsaga hennar til þessa, Ung, há, feig og ljóshærð.

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