Frankfurt 2012 Rights Guides now available!

Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency will be attending the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 – visit us at 5.0 A 941

 

Our brand new Fiction and Children’s Rights Guides for Frankfurt 2012 are now available.

This autumn is filled with lots of exciting titles and we are thrilled to present you our excellent selection of Finnish fiction, crime and thriller authors’ works, such as the international bestsellers the Bodyguard Trilogy and the Maria Kallio series, by Leena Lehtolainen, the anticipated second novel by Katri Lipson, Ice Cream Man, and the upcoming definite biography of Tove Jansson written by Dr. Tuula Karjalainen.

As for Children’s literature the brand new titles in the Ricky Rapper series, the Hayflower and Quiltshoe series and the Siri series will be in bookstores soon. Please ask for a reading copy; full English texts available.

Please click the links below to browse our Rights Guides:

Frankfurt 2012 Fiction Rights Guide

Frankfurt 2012 Children’s Rights Guide

 

Elina Ahlbäck will also be attending the Gothenburg Book Fair 2012 – visit her at IRC 94.

 

For more information, materials, sample translations, manuscripts and books, please contact Literary Agent Elina Ahlbäck, elina.ahlback(at)ahlbackagency.com, Associate Agent Päivi Ruottinen, paivi.ruottinen(at)ahlbackagency.com or Rights Assistant Melanie Schmitt, melanie.schmitt(at)ahlbackagency.com.


Leena Lehtolainen shines in Scandinavia!

We are so excited to share the news about Leena Lehtolainen’s big success in Scandinavia. Last week Leena Lehtolainen visited Sweden in order to promote her latest Maria Kallio book Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? (Minne tytöt kadonneet, Tammi 2010) which has been published by Bazar in Sweden, Denmark and Norway in Fall 2012.

This 11th installment in the Maria Kallio series is an engrossing exploration of the collision between tradi­tion and the new multicultural Europe. The book takes Maria Kallio onto a journey to a world where daily life is defined by ancient beliefs and deeply ingrained, habitual perceptions.

Swedish readers, bloggers and critics fell in love with Var Är Alla Flickor Nu? and are waiting impatiently for more titles. Bazar Förlag is Lehtolainen’s new Swedish publisher, while this is already the 6th title by Leena Lehtolainen published in Swedish. During her visit to Sweden, Lehtolainen gave interviews to several major newspapers, such as Dagens Nyheter, which praises the book as a captivating and entertaining one in its review. Leena Lehtolainen also met with readers such as the popular blogger of Läsa&Lyssna. Please check the following YouTube link for an interview with Leena Lehtolainen (in Swedish): Leena Lehtolainen interview

Please contact the Agency for full English texts of Maria Kallio books 1, 2 and 11!

About author


Leena Lehtolainen

Leena Lehtolainen is the top female crime author in Finland: her new titles always head straight to #1 on the Finnish bestseller lists.

Lehtolainen created her successful protagonist, detective Maria Kallio, in 1993. Having already featured in 16 novels and a complete TV series, a new Maria Kallio TV reboot series was launched in Fall 2021 on C More. Lehtolainen’s novels have been translated into 30 languages and have sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.

And just like the events in Bodyguard, a that takes the heroine Hilja Ilveskero all around Europe, Lehtolainen’s own work takes her to book festivals, exhibitions and other events across the globe.

Leena Lehtolainen has also published outside the crime genre; her book The Charm of Figure Skating was voted sports book of the year 2010 in Finland, and A Life in Six Scenes showed her return to literary fiction.

The Crossing of the Green Dragon is her first title for YA audiences.

In her free time, Lehtolainen enjoys all kinds of music and follows lynx trails in the forests – just like Maria Kallio.

Bibliography


2023, Crime & Suspense

A Crossing in the Darkness

Leena Lehtolainen


2022, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

The Crossing of the Green Dragon

Leena Lehtolainen


2021, Crime & Suspense

The Lynx Factor

Leena Lehtolainen


2020, Crime & Suspense

The Ripple Effect

Leena Lehtolainen


2019, Crime & Suspense

Oathbreaker

Leena Lehtolainen


2018, Crime & Suspense

The Killer's Girlfriend

Leena Lehtolainen


2017, Crime & Suspense

The End of Innocence

Leena Lehtolainen


2016, General Nonfiction, Memories & Biographies

The Charm of Ice

Leena Lehtolainen


2016, Crime & Suspense

The Eye of the Tiger

Leena Lehtolainen


2015, Crime & Suspense

A Stroke of Sadness

Leena Lehtolainen


2013, Crime & Suspense

The Iron Triangle

Leena Lehtolainen


2012, Crime & Suspense

The Devil's Cubs

Leena Lehtolainen


2011, Crime & Suspense

The Lion of Justice

Leena Lehtolainen


2010, Crime & Suspense

Where Have All the Young Girls Gone

Leena Lehtolainen


2009, Crime & Suspense

The Bodyguard

Leena Lehtolainen


2008, Crime & Suspense

Derailed

Leena Lehtolainen


2005, Crime & Suspense

The Nightingale Murder

Leena Lehtolainen


2003, Crime & Suspense

Below the Surface

Leena Lehtolainen


2000, Crime & Suspense

Before I Go

Leena Lehtolainen


1998, Crime & Suspense

Fatal Headwind

Leena Lehtolainen


1997, Crime & Suspense

Death Spiral

Leena Lehtolainen


1996, Crime & Suspense

Snow Woman

Leena Lehtolainen


1995, Crime & Suspense

Copper Heart

Leena Lehtolainen


1994, Crime & Suspense

Her Enemy

Leena Lehtolainen


1993, Crime & Suspense

My First Murder

Leena Lehtolainen

Drops of Life wins in the 2012 Living Now Book Awards!

We are excited to share the wonderful news about the 2012 Living Now Book Award for The Drops of Life (Kyyhkyn kysymys, Tammi 2010) written by Esko-Pekka Tiitinen and illustrated by Nikolai Tiitinen. The Drops of Life received the bronze award in the category Green Living. The Now Book Award is designed to highlight the best lifestyle books and their authors. This award celebrates creativity which improves life’s quality and shows ways of leading a healthier and happier life. 

The English edition was published in spring 2012 by the eco-conscious Spanish publisher Cuento de Luz and was originally a school-play part of the ENO program, a program for sustainability and environmental awareness.

The rights of Drops of Life have been sold to five languages, including English (World), Bengali, Catalan, Korean and Spanish.

The Jumpers and the Giant (Jätti ja jänöset, Tammi 2012), a wise and funny story about unwavering goodwill that gives both children and adults food for thought, also by Esko-Pekka Tiitinen and Nikolai Tiitinen, will be published in Finland in September.

Read more about the books here: Esko-Pekka Tiitinen

Please contact the Agency for sample translations and other materials!