Loukko by Authors
A.R.S. Horkka
A.R.S. Horkka is a very private person and feels unwelcomed in social situations. This author doesn’t give interviews, refusing to step into the public spotlight. Horkka is a human being without a face, skin color, or gender. Part of the Nordic […]
Heikki Aalto-Alanen
Heikki Aalto-Alanen is the grandson of architects Aino and Alvar Aalto, who has previously served as vice chairman of the Alvar Aalto Foundation, been a member of Artek’s Board of Directors, member of the Alvar Aalto Academy Board, and held […]
Hannu Aaltonen and Tapio Keskitalo
Hannu Aaltonen (right) works as an editor at the Finnish News Agency STT and is a football fan for whom football has been and is still a lifelong passion. Tapio Keskitalo (left) is a sports editor for the Finnish News Agency STT […]
Mari Ahokoivu
Mari Ahokoivu (b. 1984) is a Finnish illustrator and a comics artist. She’s been drawing professionally for over 10 years, mainly drawing graphic novels and comics for children, including Sanni & Joonas and Lola Olifante. Ahokoivu loves everything cute and scary. […]
Piia Aho
Piia Aho is a graphic designer who loves book design more than anything. She always makes an effort to find the perfect visual tone for each book – whether it is crazy wild or toned down or anything in between. […]
Aki Ollikainen
Aki Ollikainen has studied social policy at the University of Jyväskylä and is a trained photographer. He has previously worked as an editor and, among other things, at a metal workshop, a library, and a post office. His debut novel White Hunger received […]
A.M. Ollikainen
A. M. Ollikainen is a pseudonym for a husband-and-wife author duo Aki and Milla Ollikainen. Aki Ollikainen has published three novels and won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize in 2012. He has also been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize […]
Ann-Catrin Mattsson
Ann-Catrin Mattsson (born 1984) is a Swedish writer, coach, and lecturer deeply connected to the forests of Sweden with a background in history and creative writing. Celebrated for her acclaimed historical fantasy series, EARTHBORN, Ann-Catrin is an unusual voice in […]
Ann-Luise Bertell
Ann-Luise Bertell is an author and a theater director, born 1971 in Oravais, Finland. She has graduated from the Finnish Theater Academy, and debuted as a writer in 1997 with the collection of poems, ‘Rus av gul’, and has since written […]
Anne Hietanen
Anne Hietanen is a popular presenter for Svenska Yle. She has worked in radio and television, including the talk show “An Evening with Anne and Hannah”. Anne has written popular articles and made several audio series for Svenska Yle.
Anne Vasko
Anne Vasko is an internationally known Finnish children’s author and illustrator who has created visual worlds for numerous children’s books, both her own and written by others. She is the recipient of the Rudolf Koivu illustration award 2011 and has been […]
Anne-Maija Aalto
Anne-Maija Aalto is an award-winning Finnish author of both YA and adult fiction. Her YA novel Where the Light Comes In won the prestigious Finlandia Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature in 2021 and has received praise for its effortless narration, […]
Antti Ervasti
Antti Ervasti is a psychotherapist specialising in family, couples and sexual therapy. He also gives lectures and addresses several sexuality related issues such as identity, relationships and well-being in his workshops and lectures.
Antti Huttunen
Antti Huttunen is a TV producer, non-fiction writer and media entrepreneur. Huttunen is the founder of the Finnish travel website Retkipaikka and has published a number of books tied to the website. He is also the executive producer of Finland, […]
Jessikka Aro
Jessikka Aro (born 1980) is a Finnish journalist working for Finland’s public service broadcaster Yle. In September 2014, she began to investigate pro-Russian Internet trolls, but became a victim of their activities herself. In 2019 she was notified that she […]
Arttu Tuominen
Arttu Tuominen lives in Pori and works as an environmental inspector. During the evenings, he writes dark and tough crime novels. Tuominen is skilled at giving a strong voice to both sides of the law, a humane and a recognisable voice.
Arttu Unkari
Arttu Unkari is a teacher from Helsinki and a Master of Education (University of Helsinki, 2015) who majored in ethics and philosophy. He combines his educational background and experience as a teacher in his books – his stories are anarchist and […]
Åsa Lucander
Åsa Lucander is a director and designer, working in illustration and animation both in the UK as well as Scandinavia. Originally from Finland, she moved to London in 2001 where she was introduced to animation while studying illustration. After graduating […]
Asko Känsälä
Asko Känsälä (b. 1957) is a Finnish business builder and leader with a successful career as deputy CEO in the Finnish market leading telecommunication and digital services company Elisa; coach, investor, and grandfather to 10 grandchildren. He is passionate about inspirational […]
Elina Backman
Elina Backman, 37, is a media & marketing professional living in Helsinki, in an old wooden 1920 house with a family of 2 kids and a husband. Elina loves books (all sorts), travelling, cycling and is a host of a […]
Tapani Bagge
Crime novelist who combines hard-boiled detective stories with noir and plenty of black comedy.
Mintie Das
Author of fresh and fun girl pirate books has lived and traveled around the globe just like her characters: she's born in India, raised in the U.S. and living in Finland.
Eeva Louko
Eeva Louko (b. 1982) is a reporter and communications professional who loves literature, music and all things creative. Becoming an author has been Eeva’s dream since she learned how to read, and she is especially drawn to crime fiction and […]
Elina Pitkäkangas
Elina Pitkäkangas is an author from Nokia, Finland, and an active advocate of YA literature. She has studied creative writing and did her master’s degree in the University of Helsinki majoring in literature. Her works seamlessly combine elements of fantasy, […]
Emilia Elisabet Lahti
Emilia Elisabet Lahti (DSc, MSSc, MAPP), who goes by Elisabet, is an awarded educator, applied psychology researcher, and founder of Sisu Lab that helps create communities and work cultures based on everyday leadership as an expression of courage and compassion. […]
Emma Puikkonen
Emma Puikkonen (b. 1974) is one of Finland’s foremost contemporary prose writers. Her works explore highly topical themes and phenomena, of which climate change has recently become the most important. She is a trained drama instructor who also teaches the literary […]
Eri Shimatsuka
Eri Shimatsuka is a Helsinki based Japanese designer and a writer. Her designs are inspired from Nordic nature and fragments of everyday life. She designs for different brands in Japan and Finland such as Marimekko and Lapuan Kankurit. She has […]
Erika Vik
Erika Vik is an award-winning author, illustrator and producer of the LANU! literature festival. She loves rock music, fennec foxes and the feel of wind on her face – still, she’ll never again sail on the North Sea when the […]
Laura Ertimo
Geographer and author of several non-fiction titles who specializes in the interaction between phenomena, people and nature.
Fun Academy
The ‘Fun Learning’ program is created by an incredible team of people led by Sanna Lukander, the Fun Academy CEO and a textbook publishing veteran. The team includes illustrators, graphic designers, children’s writers, Finnish teachers, and topical experts who create […]
Ben Furman
Psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author has written several books on mental well-being and solution-focused psychotherapy.
Gordon F. Sander
Gordon F. Sander is a journalist and historian who has been visiting and writing about Finland and the Nordic region since 1977. His articles and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, New York Review of Books, and many other general interest […]
Laura Gustafsson
Novelist and playwright, whose recurring themes in her work include oppression, violence, animal rights and the environment.
Laura Haapamäki
Illustrator who loves to portray fictional people and places in her illustrations and does most of her work on the computer.
Kaisa Haatanen
Humorist and publisher who writes hilariously funny "turkey lit" about middle-aged women and their issues.
Magdalena Hai
Lover of cross genre fiction and all things strange, and her fiction often combines elements of sci-fi, fantasy and horror.
Arto Halonen & Kevin Frazier
The authors have been involved in the research and production of the film The Guardian Angel from the beginning on.
Hanna Brotherus
Dancer, director and choreographer Hanna Brotherus is constantly addressing and probing the prevalent questions of society. Brotherus is a pioneer in community stage art, with an extraordinary ability to unite different groups of people and collaborators. In her work, Brotherus has managed […]
Hanna Meretoja
Hanna Meretoja is an internationally renowned literary scholar, a professor of comparative literature, and narrative theorist whose work has been published by prestigious academic publishers. Her monographs include The Ethics of Storytelling: Narrative Hermeneutics, History, and the Possible (2018, Oxford University Press). Her […]
Hanna Silvola
Hanna Silvola is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Hanken School of Economics, Finland. Her research interests are in sustainable investing and in measuring, reporting and assuring corporate sustainability information in strategic decision-making. She has international experience from the London School […]
Hannele Lampela
Hannele Lampela’s lovable works have been praised above all for their rich humor and ability to truly show the world from a child’s perspective. She has the ability to enchant her readers, and that is why both children and adults love […]
Hannu Laakso
Hannu Laakso is a Finnish photographer and writer, who is fascinated by the purity of Nordic nature. He has won a Finnish state award for this children’s Fun & Facts book series, which introduces us to urban and rural wildlife. […]
Hannu Sokala
Hannu Sokala works as an investigative reporter for YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company. His work covers e.g. international finance and macroeconomics.
Heidi Holmavuo
Heidi Holmavuo is a crime writer and journalist. Her lengthy cooperation with the authorities, along with writing a book and a TV series about the Finnish Police Rapid Response Unit (colloquially known as the Bear Squad), have made Heidi a talented […]
Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen
Author whose books often deal with the clash between cities and countryside. He works as a journalist, specializing on culture and nature.
Saku Heinänen
Illustrator and type designer who creates light and shadow in his illustrations with skillful use of black ink.
Helena Åhman
Helena Åhman, PhD, is a Professor of Practice at the University of Turku School of Economics and the only three-time literature prize winner for the best business book in Finland. She has been recognized four times as one of Finland’s […]
Timo Honkela
Artificial intelligence researcher and Professor of Digital Information Research in Helsinki University
Hannele Huovi
One of Finland's most beloved children's authors to whose rhymes and tales generations have learned to read.
Ville Hytönen
Poet, children's author, book shop owner, publisher and uomo universale of Finnish literary scene, praised for his creative language.
Karo Hämäläinen
Novelist and economics reporter praised for his ability to create skillfully crafted literary novels about the stock market or long-distance running.
Ilona Ahti
Ilona Ahti is an award-winning tv- and film scriptwriter, who has lived on nearly all continents and currently adventures Tansania together with her family. She’s known especially for being the other writer for the film Girl Picture, which was successful at […]
Inka Nousiainen
Inka Nousiainen is an award-winning author from Helsinki, who writes fiction, children’s books and lyrics for different artists. She was only 17 years old when her first novel was published and it won the Topelius Prize in 1994.
Ismo Leikola and Angelika Leikola
Ismo Leikola, known professionally also as ISMO.., is the most successful stand-up comedian to come from Finland. He’s also an author, musician, screenwriter, and YouTuber. ISMO made his United States debut in 2014, when he was awarded the title of […]
Emmi Itäranta
Author of speculative fiction in Finnish and English who often incorporates environmental and dystopian themes in her prose, which is praised for its lyricism.
Janne Malinen
Janne Malinen (born 1981) has worked for a long time in communication and as a freelance journalist. He has graduated from University of Helsinki in 2010 with the major in literature. In 2022, he was selected as Communication Consultant of the […]
Jenni Multisilta
Jenni Multisilta is a Master of Economics and a writer. Multisilta’s previous works include psychological thrillers, but a love of Christmas has inspired her to write about Christmas romance. In addition to writing, she is a former national-level competitive athlete who […]
Johanna Holmström
Johanna Holmström is one of the most successful Finnish-Swedish writers of her generation. At 21, she debuted with the short story collection Inlåst och andra noveller in 2003. The title short story Inlåst was the first Finnish-Swedish short story to […]
J. K. Johansson
The pseudonym writes tense psychological thrillers about tangled relationships and family drama in an internet-dominated society.
Joona Keskitalo
Joona Keskitalo was born in Oulu, grew up in Hämeenlinna and now lives with his family in Espoo. His work experience includes everything from storage work to managing athletes and developing products for marketing companies. Keskitalo’s debut novel Tottelemattomat was published in […]
JP Ahonen
JP Ahonen (1981) is a comic book artist, illustrator, and the author of several newspaper strips in his native Finland. He is best known for his graphic novel SING NO EVIL and the critically acclaimed strip series BELZEBUBS, which has […]
Juha Itkonen
Juha Itkonen (b. 1975) is one of his generation’s most recognized authors in Finland. Itkonen has written eight novels, a collection of novellas, a children’s book, an epistolary novel together with Kjell Westö and several plays. In 2019, his works […]
Riikka Jäntti
Author and illustrator of lovely picture books with a hint of old times nostalgia created with watercolor and gouache.
Kai Vaalio
Kai Vaalio is an illustrator, comic artist, and a bit of a cosmopolitan as well. He’s written and illustrated underground comic books for adults about his travels in South-East Asia and Latin America — the latter even won Mondo magazine’s […]
Kaisa Paasto
Kaisa Paasto spent her childhood in the north of Finland and now lives in Espoo with her husband, two children, bunnies and a shih tzu. Kaisa has a master’s degree in Comparative Literature and has previously worked as translator, content […]
Kaisu Tuokko
Kaisu Tuokko’s aim is to create a series where interpersonal relationships and the idyll of a small town are mixed with cruel events – using psychological tension to build stories about how badly we know the families or friends of our […]
Kaj Korkea-aho
Kaj Korkea-aho (b. 1983) is a writer, columnist and a comedian. Moreover, he has a career as an actor and a host in TV and radio. In his varied acting roles, he has often taken a stand for the rights of […]
Mia Kankimäki
Author of narrative nonfiction that takes the reader on a journey in the footsteps of forgotten women of the history.
Jussi Karjalainen
Jussi Karjalainen is a graphic designer, illustrator and co-founder of Napa Books.
Tuula Karjalainen
Art historian and former director of Helsinki's leading museums is an expert of the legendary author and artist Tove Jansson's works.
Markku Karpio
Author of gritty and realistic YA novels with a touch of Nordic wilderness and wildness.
Petri Karra
Petri Karra’s new fast-paced psychological thriller explores a parent’s love for their son – and the crimes committed to protect him.
Riina Katajavuori
Novelist and poet known for her relatable prose about modern day issues and her knack for humor.
Katja Kallio
Katja Kallio is a critically acclaimed bestselling author and screenwriter. Since her striking debut on the Finnish literature scene in 2000, she has described the life and faith of misfit women at odds with the community, in modern and past […]
Katja Kettu
Katja Kettu (b. 1978) is an acclaimed and award-winning writer with a strong, unique voice from Northern Finland. Originally from Rovaniemi, Lapland, she graduated from the Turku Academy of Arts in 2001 as an animation director and has also studied in […]
Katri Kirkkopelto
Katri Kirkkopelto is an award-winning artist, illustrator, and art teacher. She has illustrated multiple popular picture books and schoolbooks, and her children’s books have also been seen on the theatre stage. In 2009 Kirkkopelto received the Kylli Koski award, and […]
Sissi Katz
Author of literary fiction and ophthalmologist from Helsinki, who draws inspiration for her work from her travels in the world.
Anssi Keränen
Author and illustrator of educative and eco-positive picture books with great maritime adventures.
Valpuri Kerttula
Valpuri Kerttula is a Finnish illustrator and designer based in Lahti, Finland. In addition to diverse domestic work, her art is also being published internationally. Valpuri is known for her quirky and humorous characters of oddball humans and animals.
Satu Kettunen
Satu Kettunen won 2015 Rudolf Koivu award for her debut picture book “Otso Aarnisen salaperäinen seikkailu”. Her second book, Yökirja (together with Inka Nousiainen) was nominated for the Nordic Council Children’s Literature Prize in 2017. Satu illustrates children’s books and […]
Marko Kilpi
Policeman, crime novelist and documentarist whose rough and realistic crime novels have been also turned into films.
Kimmo Rentola
Kimmo Rentola (b. 1953), PhD, is a historian and professor of political history, at the University of Turku from 2006 to 2014 and at the University of Helsinki since 2014. In his research, Rentola has specialized in the history of the […]
Satu Kontinen
Illustrator and author of educative picture books with fresh colors, bold and graphic shapes and cute little animals.
Tomi Kontio
Award-winning poet and children's author with highly imaginative and even surreal books, often about parallel worlds unknown to us.
Katja Krekelä
Author of middle-grade fantasy adventure books in style of Michael Ende about accepting the unruly inside of you.
Hanna-Riikka Kuisma
Hanna-Riikka Kuisma (b. 1978) is a writer, art critic and columnist from Pori. Her latest novel, High-Rise, was nominated for the Finlandia Prize, and was awarded the Art Prize of the Satakunta Arts Council in 2019. Block of Flats is […]
Noora Kunnas
Noora Kunnas (born in 1987) is a children’s author from Helsinki, Finland. She has the knack for making both children and grownups laugh while they’re immersed in her zany books. She loves animals and British humor – she grew up […]
Laura Andersson
Laura Andersson has been working in the publishing industry for 15 years. During her career she’s been involved in launching a YA book festival in Finland and creating an award-winning publishing program for the Finnish gaming mega-brand Angry Birds. Andersson […]
Laura Lähteenmäki
Laura Lähteenmäki is a Finnish writer of children’s and youth literature. Since her debut youth novel in 1998, she has written around twenty works. Lähteenmäki writes about young people’s lives and their search for a place of their own. She […]
Matthew Laurence
Writer and game designed, whose YA fantasy series Freya takes the reader to the world of old myths and new enemies.
Leena Lehtolainen
Crime novelist serves hard-boiled realism from a female perspective, selling tens of thousands of copies each year.
Antti Leikas
An author, father and mathematician, who has worked in tech companies, as a newspaper photographer and as the editor-in-chief of the Oulu-based culture magazine Kaltio.
Anne Leinonen
Award-winning author of adult and YA fiction with stories combining a seamless mix of magical realism, Finnish folk tradition, future fantasy, and world-building and exploration.
Minna Lindgren
Best-selling author whose novels are defined by societal themes, dry humor, quick wit and a hint of a whodunit.
Mervi Lindman
Much-loved illustrator whose cheerful artwork for children's books have been published around the world.
Laura Lindstedt
Award-winning author and literary scholar. Her novels verge on postmodern and experiment with form and language in an extremely reader-friendly manner.
Aino Louhi
Aino Louhi (s. 1981) in an artist whose large range of works include paintings and installations, as well as children’s book illustrations and comic-zines. Imaginary Girl is her first long graphic novel.
Kristiina Louhi
Author and illustrator of the two picture book series, Aino and Tomppa, both loved and read for several generations.
Mari Kujanpää
Mari Kujanpää has studied forestry and library studies. During the days she works as a library manager in the Oripää library, and during the evenings she writes. She has authored multiple children’s novels, and her work Minä and Muro, dealing […]
Maria Katajavuori
Maria Katajavuori is a researcher with one leg in ecology and another in human behavioral studies, writing science by day and popular science by night. She draws together biological and social sciences to understand the nature of our species, producing […]
Marika Riikonen
Marika Riikonen is an author and journalist from Tampere – and also a perennial horse girl and humble servant to a cat. Riikonen has a Master’s Degree from the University of Tampere and she has studied Finnish literature, theater and […]
Mari Luoma
Mari Luoma is an illustrator and a comic artist. She has illustrated several children’s books and designs funny and quirky characters for various media.
Mari Tossavainen
Mari Tossavainen, PhD, is an art historian who has, in her previous works, written about Finnish sculpture of the late 1800s and early 1900s and about the renowned Finnish sculptor, Emil Wikström.
Frank Martela
Essentially the only contemporary academic researcher who has published several articles on the topic of the meaning of life with a unique perspective on the science of happiness.
Martta Kaukonen
Martta Kaukonen (1976) lives in Helsinki and is a film critic, whose reviews have been published in both Finland’s biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and a popular women’s weekly magazine Me Naiset. Martta has a master’s degree in arts. She has interviewed […]
Matti Pikkujämsä
Illustrator whose visual language is defined by clear lines, stylized and expressive characters and bold colours.
Mooses Mentula
Mooses Mentula was born in Tuupovaara, Eastern Finland and grew up in Kuhmo, Kainuu. From the age of 16 he worked as a journalist for newspapers and radio for several years. He completed his master’s degree in education at the University […]
Meri Luttinen
Meri Luttinen is an award-winning Finnish debut writer from Tampere. Her debut Stormseye won the Topelius prize and was nominated for both Kuvastaja Award and Finlandia Prize for Children’s & YA literature in 2020. She has a Master’s degree in Finnish language and […]
Michaela von Kügelgen
Michaela “Kugge” von Kügelgen has three published titles under her belt. Her latest book is a non-fiction book about writing, and every year Kugge holds writing courses where about half of the participants come from Sweden. Her newsletter has over […]
Miila Westin
Miila Westin is a Helsinki based illustrator and comic artist. She loves to draw colorful imaginary creatures and characters for books, patterns and wall murals. Radio Popov, a children’s book by Anja Portin she illustrated, won the Finlandia Junior Prize in […]
Nora Surojegin
Nora Surojegin is an illustrator, children’s author and a graphic designer. She lives in Kirkkonummi, between the sea and the forest, where she creates worlds with images and words, gets inspired by the forest trolls and potters around in her secret […]
Miika Nousiainen
Writer of sharp, gentle and often tragicomical novels about surprising themes like long-distance running, the desire to be Swedish, and dentistry.
Anni Nykänen
A comic artist, illustrator and graphic designer. Her comics have thrice been nominated for the prestigious Comic Finlandia Award.
Harri Nykänen
Nordic crime heavyweight delivering page-turning realism, with much of his works adapted on film.
Jorma Ollila
Businessman and the former CEO of Nokia corporation wrote his autobiography of the company that created a global mobile revolution.
Ulla-Maija Paavilainen
Ulla-Maija Paavilainen, award-winning journalist, is the author of several well-received novels and non-fiction books. She has worked as the editor-in-chief at several top Finnish magazines over the past 25 years. One of her specific areas of interest is the role of […]
Katja Pantzar
Writer, editor and broadcast journalist. Born in Finland and raised in Canada, with stints in the UK and New Zealand, Katja now lives in Helsinki with her family.
Leena Parkkinen
Author of three prize-winning adults’ novels set in 20th century Europe about people living at the margins society.
Pauliina Susi
Author and journalist who tackles not only suspense and thriller but also clever chick-lit in a sovereign manner.
Sanna Pelliccioni
Author and illustrator of bright and colorful books for toddlers and their parents.
Sari Peltoniemi
Children's author of organic fantasy that combines everyday reality with the countless possibilities of the imagination.
Virpi Penna
Illustrator and graphic artist, whose images glow with the delicate joy of colour and the enchantment of fairy tales.
Karoliina Pertamo
An award-winning artist who works with a bright color palette and has illustrated more than 30 books.
Perttu Pölönen
PERTTU PÖLÖNEN is a futurist, inventor and an inspirational speaker. He has won the EU’s biggest science competition for youth and studied exponential technologies at Singularity University, based at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. The MIT Tech Review […]
Emmi Pesonen
Emmi Pesonen (b.1977) is a Helsinki-based writer, screenwriter and actress. She graduated in 2001 as a Master of Theater Arts and has worked as an actor in several in theaters, movies, and TV series. Pesonen is bilingual (Finnish-Swedish) and she […]
Peter Bergting
Peter Bergting’s career began in the late ’80s, providing art for games such as Mutant Chronicles, Dungeons & Dragons, Vampire, and Shadowrun. In 2006 he released his first comic book for Image Comics, followed by a run on Strange Girl […]
Maria Pettersson
As a child, Maria Pettersson’s dream job was to be an international adventurer. Instead, she became an award-winning journalist, the editor-in-chief of several magazines and a serious history geek. She has worked for the biggest newspapers, radio stations and TV […]
Maria Peura
Author and dramaturge, who often writes about horrific events in beautiful, lyrical language.
Pinja Meretoja
Pinja Meretoja is a Finnish children’s picturebook author and an illustrator, living and working in Helsinki. She draws inspiration from themes of environment, cultural history and equality. Meretoja graduated from Universidad de Palermo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) with a degree in […]
Pasi Pitkänen
Illustrator known for his richly detailed and imaginative work for Finland's leading children's authors.
Markku Pääskynen
Award-winning novelist praised for his psychologically realistic depictions and exceptionally skilled language.
Juha-Pekka Raeste & Hannu Sokala
Juha-Pekka Raeste covers international and domestic business for Helsingin Sanomat, the biggest newspaper in Finland. He focuses on the biggest corporations and the IT industry. Hannu Sokala works as an investigative reporter for YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company. His work […]
Iida Rauma
Author of two prize-winning novels, which tackle notions of power, sexuality, violence, and the relationship between humans and nature - at times in essay format or narrative non-fiction.
Reetta Niemelä
Reetta Niemelä is an award-winning children’s author. She has written poetry collections, picture books, nonfiction, study material and many beloved book series for children. For her work, she’s been awarded e.g. Kaarina Helakisa Award and for her nonfiction the Tietopöllö award. […]
Reetta Ranta
Reetta Ranta is a storyteller and media professional. Reetta has worked for more than 20 years in media with several startups and media companies including Rabbit Films, Gutsy Animations, The Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle, and Basso Radio. Reetta is the creator, […]
Riikka Sandberg
Riikka Sandberg (b. 1989) is a Finnish author who grew up in the midst of boatsheds and the sea breeze. She studied Finnish and Creative Writing at the University of Turku and currently teaches at the University of Helsinki. Sandberg’s debut […]
Riikka Pulkkinen
Riikka Pulkkinen (b. 1980) is one of the top names in Finnish literature. Her debut novel The Limit (2006) gained wide attention, was a bestseller, and was adapted into a play and a TV series in Finland. Her international breakthrough came with her […]
Riina Kaarla, Sami Kaarla & Anders Vacklin
Riina Kaarla is a passionate author-illustrator and a creative dynamo, whose internationally published books are especially beloved for their true-to-life and vivid characters. Sami Kaarla has worked as a professional writer-illustrator for more than a decade. He has written and […]
Eeva Rohas
Eeva Rohas is a critically acclaimed author who writes about social misfits. Rohas received her doctoral degree in contemporary culture research in 2016 with her study of The Sylvia Plath Forum. Raivo is her third work of fiction.
Aapo Roselius & Oula Silvennoinen
AAPO ROSELIUS is a resercher and a nonfiction author, who has studied extensively the Finnish Civil War and the history of the 1920s and 1930s. OULA SILVENNOINEN, PhD, is a historian and an author of narrative non-fiction who specializes on […]
S. K. Rostedt
Author and marketing professional S.K. Rostedt grew up in Finland’s book capital Sastamala. Now based in Helsinki, she is an avid romantasy reader who loves to spend time in nature and at her summer cabin.
Salla Vuorikoski
Salla Vuorikoski is an accomplished journalist who currently works as the team lead of the investigative journalism unit at Finland’s largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. Vuorikoski is an experienced reporter known for handling tough subjects and has previously worked at MTV, […]
Veera Salmi
Veera Salmi (1976) is a writer who lives in Helsinki. Prior to her career as a writer she worked for 15 years as a kindergarten teacher. The real starting point for her career as a writer was given by the […]
Sanna Isto
Sanna Isto is a Berlin based children’s and YA author with a master´s degree from the university of Helsinki. Her stories, rooted in everyday life, are often combined with something strange and out of the ordinary, which allows us to contemplate […]
Sara Al Husaini
Sara Al Husaini (1992) is a human rights activist, feminist, and linguist from Helsinki. She was born in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia and moved to Finland as a child. She has studied English philology at the University of Helsinki […]
Sara Medberg
SARA MEDBERG is a historian currently writing a doctoral dissertation about the education of highborn girls in the 18th century. The ideas for her novels are derived from her research. Medberg enjoys costume dramas, fashion from the past, castles, mansions, […]
Nadja Sarell
Nadja Sarell is an illustrator living in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated with MA in Dance from Theatre Academy Helsinki. Soon after that she moved to a small town in North Wales to study children’s book illustration. She graduated from North […]
Satu Varjonen
Satu Varjonen has worked as a freelance editor for 17 years, during which she’s written e.g. for most Finnish women’s magazines. When it comes to storytelling, it is children’s literature that gets her heart beating. Who Nose? in the Thelma the Tenacious Witch series […]
Max Seeck, New York Times Best Selling Author
The New York Times Bestselling and Debut Thriller Award-winning author of page-turning Nordic Noir thrillers that develop at a breakneck speed.
Salla Simukka
Finland’s most internationally successful YA author, with the rights of her Snow White Trilogy sold to 52 territories and Hollywood.
Johanna Sinisalo
Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of speculative fiction who categorizes her own works as 'Finnish Weird' for defying any single genre.
Sirpa Kähkönen
Sirpa Kähkönen was born to a family that had been harshly treated by the history of the 1900s. World War II and the Civil War preceding it, had wounded her family members and marked them with heavy silence and unspoken […]
Katariina Souri
Visual artist and author who combines realism, chick-lit and psychological thriller in her fearless and entertaining novels.
Miina Supinen
Author of novels and short stories, often about families, love affairs or sexualities that do not meet the norms of the society, thoughtfully written but brimming with witty, black humor.
Petri Tamminen
Petri Tamminen is a Finnish author best known for his laconic humor and short stories, and 6 novels. How to greet an alien is his first book for children. Tamminen often writes about shame and shyness, and he isn’t afraid […]
Anniina Tarasova
Anniina Tarasova is a Helsinki storyteller with background in the startup world and roots in Karelia and St. Petersburg.
Ted Forsström
Ted Forsström is a Finnish-Swedish media personality living in Ostrobothnia. He has worked as a comedian, actor, radio host and author, often as part of the duo Ted & Kaj. Today he works with children’s programs on Svenska Yle and […]
Mila Teräs
An author who writes for children, young adults and adults, and often incorporates fantasy and historical elements into her realistic work.
Marja-Leena Tiainen
YA author and ALMA nominee who tackles difficult themes such as death and racism in her emotionally deep novels.
Tiina Landau
Tiina Landau is an internationally recognized sustainability expert and Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA). She currently works as Sustainability Manager at Neste Corporation, incorporating sustainability considerations into new business models and supply chains. Previously she served as Senior Responsible Investment Officer […]
Tiina Raevaara
Tiina Raevaara (b. 1979) is a writer, science journalist, and biologist who received a PhD for her work in genetics. She received the State Award for Public Information and the Pro Scientia Prize from the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. […]
Tuutikki Tolonen
Author of warmly absurdist middle-grade novels where monsters work as nannies and bathrobes talk, with the everyday and the fantastic interacting seamlessly.
Tommi Kinnunen
Tommi Kinnunen (1973) was born in Kuusamo in northeastern Finland and currently lives in Turku, where he works as a teacher of Finnish language and literature. His works include novels, opera librettos, short stories, and a non-fiction title on the changes […]
Katja Törmänen
A history teacher by training and a writer by profession, Törmänen mixes historical elements in her speculative prose.
Tuomas Oskari
Tuomas Oskari is the international pen name of Tuomas Niskakangas, a crime author and a politics and economics journalist for Helsingin Sanomat, the biggest newspaper in Finland. He has a Master in Economics. Formerly Niskakangas has worked in Washington, D.C. as […]
Maria Turtschaninoff
Prize-winning author known for crafting lyrical, historically inspired fantasy stories starring strong female protagonists.
Anders Vacklin & Aki Parhamaa
Anders Vacklin and Aki Parhamaa write YA books about virtual realities and have backgrounds in screenwriting.
Jyrki Vainonen
Short story author whose themes vary from absurd to questions of identity to transformation, has also translated literary classics like Heaney and Swift into Finnish.
Heikki Valkama
Author of crime fiction and an acclaimed journalist, who has written nonfiction books about Japan as well as translated from Japanese to Finnish.
Jussi Valtonen
Finlandia-winning author and psychologist whose prose often muses with ethical issues and family relationships in style of contemporary American authors like Franzen and Egan.
Vera Vala
Vera Vala’s roots are in Finnish forests, but her soul belongs to Italy, where she has been living for over 25 years. She has an infinite thirst for knowledge that has taken her to study various academic subjects from Physics […]
Heidi Viherjuuri
Heidi Viherjuuri is a teacher, children’s writer and a blogger, who lives in Germany. She grew up in a small village in the Finnish countryside – just like Hilja.
Kati Vuorento
Kati Vuorento is an illustrator living and working in Helsinki, Finland. “In small details there is an infinite magic. I want my illustrations to stir emotion in the audience. Emphatizing is important to me. In my illustrations I always include […]