Snow White Trilogy: Book 1 now published!

We are so happy to announce that Salla Simukka’s YA thriller As Red as Blood (Punainen kuin veri, Tammi 2013) has been published in Finland this week! This is the first book in the anticipated Snow White Trilogy. Publication of the second installment As White as Snow (Valkea kuin lumi)  and third installment As Black as Ebony (Musta kuin eebenpuu) are planned for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014.

Snow White Trilogy depicts the thrilling events in 17-year-old Lumikki Andersson’s life: in book one she stumbles upon a money laundering operation in her school’s darkroom and is swept into a whirlpool of unpredictable events. And nothing is as red against white snow as blood.

Not everyone lives happily ever after.

Bloggers have fallen in love with As Red as Blood and describe it as an exceptionally well-written book that engages both young and adult readers. “Simukka writes so fluently and convincingly that it makes you thirst for more.” Read here the whole review (in Finnish).

Have a look at Salla Simukka’s own webpage about the Snow White Trilogy:
Snow White Trilogy – WordPress

In January Salla Simukka received the Topelius Prize for her dystopian youth novels Without a Trace (Jäljellä, Tammi 2012) and Elsewhere (Toisaalla, Tammi 2012). The Topelius Prize is Finland’s oldest prize in recognition of the best Finnish book for young people.

Please ask the Agency for reading materials in English!

About author


Salla Simukka

Salla Simukka is the author of the international success story The Snow White Trilogy: rights are sold in 52 territories and in Hollywood. She has written several novels for young readers and her accolades include the Topelius Prize 2013 and the Finland Prize 2013. Simukka has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award  every year 2021–2024. Where It All Begins, published in 2022, is her first novel for adults and in 2024 she started a collaboration with JP Ahonen on a middle grade novel.

Previously Simukka has written book reviews for the newspapers, translated all kinds of texts into Finnish, worked as an editor at a literary magazine and as a screenwriter for a popular TV show for young audiences.  She has also been working on the programme of Turku Book Fair in 2017–2020.

Bibliography


2024, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

The Secret Staircase

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2022, Literary Fiction

Where It All Begins

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2021, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

In the Dark I Can Be Yours

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2020, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

Detained

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2018, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

Turn off the Lights! Turn on the Lights!

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2016, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Sisterland

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2014, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

As Black as Ebony

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2013, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

As Red as Blood

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2013, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

As White as Snow

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2012, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

Elsewhere

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2012, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

Without a Trace

Salla Simukka