Pre-Frankfurt buzz: sixth deal for Miika Nousiainen

With the Frankfurt book fair around the corner, the sales are heating up: Miika Nousiainen’s Roots, a hilarious and touching feel-good novel about family and dentistry was sold in the Czech Republic to XYZ (Albatros Media).

XYZ Editor, Jitka Hanušová was extremely happy about the acquisition of Roots: “This novel is a great example of a genuine distinctive Finnish humour – crazy, absurd yet touching at the same time. We believe that Czech and Finnish people share a similar sense of humour and that our readers will appreciate it and will have a great time with this wonderful book.”

We hope to see you in Frankfurt! Find us at tables 31L and 32L in the LitAg (hall 6.3) and click here for our rights guides!

Rights sold:
FINLAND, Otava (Original publisher)
CZECH REPUBLIC, XYZ
GERMANY, Nagel & Kimche
ITALY, Iperborea
LITHUANIA, Alma Littera
NETHERLANDS, Prometheus
SWEDEN, Brombergs

Reading material:
English sample & synopsis
Finnish edition
Click to request reading material

About author


Miika Nousiainen

Miika Nousiainen (b. 1973 in Säynätsalo) has worked as a news and current affairs journalist for MTV3's news department. In addition, he has written for several popular TV-shows.

Nousiainen’s debut novel, Raspberry Boat Refugee (2007), tells the story of Mikko Virtanen, a man who desperately wants to become Swedish at any cost. In this tragicomic work, Nousiainen makes sharp observations about our western neighbor and illustrates that we’re all self-proclaimed experts on Sweden.

Roots (2016) follows the search for a missing father, taking readers across continents from Lieksa, Finland, to Australia. The book was also well-received internationally.

In Facelift (2020), Nousiainen gently explores themes of family and the longing for connection.

In addition he has written The Danger of the Long Distance Runner (2009) and Forrest Giant (2011). 

Nousiainen's novels have been adapted countless times and translated into languages such as Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, and Estonian.

Miika Nousiainen have been awarded with: Laila Hirvisaari Foundation Grant (2008), Kalevi Jäntti Prize (2009) and Honorable Mention in the Sports Museum Foundation’s Sports Book of the Year Competition (2010)

Bibliography


2024, Commercial/Upmarket, Humor

Push, Pace, Position, Pray

Miika Nousiainen


2020, Commercial/Upmarket, Humor

Facelift

Miika Nousiainen


2016, Humor

Roots

Miika Nousiainen


2007, Humor

Raspberry Boat Refugee

Miika Nousiainen