AUTHORS
Anne-Maija Aalto
Anne-Maija Aalto holds a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing from the University of Turku. She enjoys good stories and traveling to foreign cities. H [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Piia Aho
Piia Aho is a Helsinki-based AD and graphic designer with a great love for book design. She always makes an effort to find the perfect visual tone for [...]
Mari Ahokoivu
Mari Ahokoivu is a Finnish illustrator and a comics artist. She’s been drawing professionally for over 10 years, mainly drawing graphic novels and c [...]
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, scree [...]
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 pass [...]
Laura Andersson
Laura Andersson has been working in the publishing industry for 15 years. She was born, and continues to live, in Helsinki, Finland. Her deep love for [...]
Jessikka Aro
Jessikka Aro is an award-winning reporter with Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, specializing in Russia, extremism and information warfare. In 20 [...]
Elina Backman
Elina Backman is an author and a media & marketing professional living in Helsinki. Elina loves books (all sorts), traveling, cycling and is a hos [...]
Tapani Bagge
Tapani Bagge (born 1962) is known for his versatility. He has written more than 20 books for children and teens, more than 50 Jerry Cottons, as well a [...]
Ann-Luise Bertell
Ann-Luise Bertell in an author and a theater director, born 1971 in Oravais, Finland. She has graduated from the Finnish Theater Academy, and debuted [...]
Hanna Brotherus
Dancer, director and choreographer Hanna Brotherus is constantly addressing and probing the prevalent questions of society. Brotherus is a pioneer in [...]
Raisa Cacciatore
Raisa Cacciatore MD, is a child psychiatrist, special competence in adolescent health, specialist physician, and an EMDR Europe Accredited Practitione [...]
Jyrki Erra
Jyrki Erra, born in 1950, is an architect and an author. He lives and works in Helsinki with his spouse, who is also an architect. As a counterbalance [...]
Laura Ertimo
Laura Ertimo is a geographer and author. She has previously worked in publishing of geography-related non-fiction and maps, and now she writes full ti [...]
Kevin Frazier
Kevin Frazier is a novelist, nonfiction writer, essayist and reviewer who lives in Helsinki. Previous collaborations between Halonen and Frazier inclu [...]
Laura Gustafsson
Laura Gustafsson is a novelist and playwright. Recurring themes in her work include oppression, violence, animal rights and the environment, whic [...]
Laura Haapamäki
Laura Haapamäki is a Lapland-based illustrator. She loves to portray fictional people and places in her illustrations and does most of her work on th [...]
Kaisa Haatanen
Kaisa Haatanen (b. 1966) is a Helsinki-based publisher who describes herself as ”an old maid, a firstborn and a big sister, not particularly ugly or [...]
Magdalena Hai
Magdalena Hai is an award-winning author, lover of cross-genre fiction and all things strange. Her fiction often combines elements of sci-fi, fantasy [...]
Arto Halonen
Arto Halonen is a film director and screenwriter, known for his strong socially-conscious stance towards his subjects. He is one of the few people in [...]
Karo Hämäläinen
Karo Hämäläinen (b. 1976) has two passions: literature and the stock market, and has a 15-year background as an economics reporter. He works as the [...]
Carita Harju
Carita Harju has always enjoyed saunas and goes to sauna with her family nearly every day. In 2010, she founded Sauna from Finland, because she felt t [...]
Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen
Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen was born in the Finnish countryside and lives in Helsinki. He works as a journalist, specializing on culture and nature. He has [...]
Saku Heinänen
Saku Heinänen is an illustrator, type designer, and former professor of graphic design at Aalto University. He creates light and shadow in his illust [...]
Elina Hirvonen
Elina Hirvonen is an author of adults’ and children’s prose, a journalist and documentary filmmaker. She has written four highly acclaimed adults [...]
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 Fin [...]
Timo Honkela
Timo Honkela researched artificial intelligence and machine learning for over 30 years, and served as a professor in three universities, including his [...]
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 publi [...]
Koko Hubara
Koko Hubara (MSSc., 1984) is the founder of Brown Girls Media, the first for us by us media for people of color in Finland. She is the first editor-in [...]
Hannele Huovi
Hannele Huovi (born 1949) is an acclaimed Finnish author who wrote her first children’s radio play while studying for her university degree. In addi [...]
Ville Hytönen
Ville Hytönen (b. 1982) is a poet, children’s book writer, bookshop owner, columnist and publishing director at Savukeidas Publishing, which he fou [...]
Emmi Itäranta
Emmi Itäranta (b.1976) holds two MA degrees, one in Drama and another in Creative Writing. Her award-winning debut novel Memory of Water (Teemestarin [...]
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 [...]
Riikka Jäntti
Riikka Jäntti, a 2003 graduate of University of Industrial Art of Helsinki, now part of Aalto University, is a Helsinki-based illustrator and author [...]
J. K. Johansson
J. K. Johansson is the pen name of a group of professional storytellers. Johansson loves Nordic crime novels, HBO series, well-written sex scenes, and [...]
Teemu Juhani
Teemu Juhani is a Finnish illustrator, comic artist and picture book author whose illustrations have been published in picture books and children's fi [...]
Sirpa Kähkönen
Sirpa Kähkönen is a Finnish novelist and translator. Initially writing for young adults, she gained popularity in Finland with her ’Kuopio series [...]
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 [...]
Mia Kankimäki
Mia Kankimäki is the author of two best-selling books which blend travelogue, memoir, biography and women’s history. After taking a master’s degr [...]
Tuula Karjalainen
Dr. Tuula Karjalainen is a Finnish art historian and non-fiction writer who has previously worked as a director of the Helsinki Art Museum and th [...]
Jussi Karjalainen
Jussi Karjalainen is a graphic designer, illustrator and co-founder of Napa Books. His distinctive artwork has featured widely across books, music and [...]
Markku Karpio
Markku Karpio worked as a kindergarten teacher for 12 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1996, one year after the publication of his debut no [...]
Riina Katajavuori
Riina Katajavuori is known for both her poetry and her prose, which includes works for both adults and children; her poetry has been transl [...]
Sissi Katz
Sissi Katz is an ophthalmologist from Helsinki. Elements of her novel, The Amazing Life and Times of Coco Kafka, are inspired by the author’s o [...]
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 Sanom [...]
Anssi Keränen
Anssi Keränen, an author and illustrator, has a master’s degree in graphic design from the University of Art and Design Helsinki (now part of Aalto [...]
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 [...]
Satu Kettunen
Satu Kettunen won 2015 Rudolf Koivu award for her debut picture book ”Otso Aarnisen salaperäinen seikkailu”. Her second book, Yökirja (together [...]
Marko Kilpi
Marko Kilpi (b. 1969) is an author and policeman. Praised by critics, his novels have been awarded several literary prize nominations. The Land of the [...]
Konsta Klemetti
Konsta Klemetti has worked for several leading game companies in Helsinki and is the core member of the story-driven transmedia studio Action Squad St [...]
Terhi Kokkonen
Terhi Kokkonen (1974) is a Helsinki-based musician and pop lyricist. She is known for the band Scandinavian Music Group, as well as being one of the s [...]
Satu Kontinen
Satu Kontinen is a graphic designer and illustrator obsessed with flowers. She is known for her detailed ink works as well as creating quirky creature [...]
Tomi Kontio
Tomi Kontio is one of the most esteemed and acclaimed poets of his generation. His debut collection of poetry Under the Ballroom Sky, which came [...]
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 [...]
Erja Korteniemi-Poikela
Erja Korteniemi-Poikela is a midwife, nurse, clinical sex-therapist, and a nonfiction author. She has had a long career working with the sexual health [...]
Vladislav Koržets & Kaarel Koržets
Vladislav Koržets is the most well known fisherman in Estonia. He is a nature TV host, writer and a poet and is running a successful Fish Cafe Kalamb [...]
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 [...]
Noora Kunnas
Noora Kunnas is a children’s author from Helsinki, Finland. She has the knack for making both children and grownups laugh while they’re immersed i [...]
Emilia Elisabet Lahti
Emilia Elisabet Lahti is an international keynote speaker, human rights activist, ultra-runner and world’s first academic researcher on the Finnish [...]
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 h [...]
Tiina Landau
Tiina Landau is an internationally recognized sustainability expert and Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA). She has extensive experience work [...]
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 cr [...]
Anne Leinonen
Anne Leinonen (b.1973) is a multiple-award winning, key author, tutor and editor of Finnish science fiction and fantasy. Leinonen’s short stories ha [...]
Minna Lindgren
Minna Lindgren (b. 1963) is a freelance journalist and columnist known for her whimsical writing style and fearless approach to topics as strange as o [...]
Mervi Lindman
Mervi Lindman is a much-loved illustrator whose cheerful artworks have been published in 19 different countries to date. Lindman’s illustrations hav [...]
Laura Lindstedt
Laura Lindstedt (b. 1976) became a critical darling with her adoption-themed debut novel Scissors (Sakset, Teos 2007), which earned her a nomination f [...]
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 [...]
Kristiina Louhi
Kristiina Louhi is an artist and an awarded graphic designer, illustrator and author. She has illustrated dozens of children’s books over the years [...]
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 Ee [...]
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 me [...]
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 A [...]
Frank Martela
Frank Martela, PhD, is an academic researcher who is a leading expert in the topics of the meaning in life, happiness and human wellbeing. He has coll [...]
Sara Medberg
Sara Medberg is a historian currently writing her doctoral dissertation about the education of highborn girls in the18th century. The ideas for her no [...]
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 r [...]
Hanna Meretoja
Hanna Meretoja is an internationally renowned literary scholar, a professor of comparative literature, and narrative theorist whose work has been publ [...]
Tero Mielonen
Tero Mielonen (PhD) is an atmospheric scientist and a comic book enthusiast. He studies the role of atmospheric aerosols in climate change at the Finn [...]
Kari Nars
Dr. Kari Nars has a long and distinguished career in various high banking positions in London, Washington and Paris, and as a director of Finland’s [...]
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 yea [...]
Miika Nousiainen
Miika Nousiainen writes sharp, gentle and often tragicomical novels about surprising themes like long-distance running, the desire to be Swedish, and [...]
Harri Nykänen
Harri Nykänen is an industrious novelist who draws on his 20 years of experience as a crime reporter at Helsingin Sanomat, the largest daily in the N [...]
Anni Nykänen
Anni Nykänen is a comic artist, illustrator and graphic designer. Her comics have thrice been nominated for the prestigious Comic Finlandia Award. [...]
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 Hels [...]
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, am [...]
Jorma Ollila
Jorma Ollila became the pre-eminent European businessman of his generation during his time as CEO of Nokia Corporation from 1992 to 2006. Ollila curre [...]
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 ma [...]
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 edit [...]
Katja Pantzar
Helsinki-based writer, editor and broadcast journalist Katja Pantzar was raised in Canada with stints in New Zealand and the UK. Pantzar’s The Finni [...]
Aki Parhamaa
Aki Parhamaa is studying creative writing at the University of Jyväskylä, and writing a Finnish superhero movie. Together with Anders Vacklin he has [...]
Leena Parkkinen
Leena Parkkinen has authored three prize-winning adults’ novels set in 20th century Europe, often about people living at the margins society. H [...]
Sanna Pelliccioni
Sanna Pelliccioni is a Finnish illustrator, graphic designer and children’s author living in Helsinki with her Finnish-Italian family. Pelliccioni u [...]
Sari Peltoniemi
Sari Peltoniemi is a versatile and respected author who writes for children, young adults, and adults. She has also written lyrics and played the bass [...]
Virpi Penna
Virpi Penna is an award-winning illustrator and graphic artist, whose images glow with the delicate joy of colour and the enchantment of fairy ta [...]
Karoliina Pertamo
Karoliina Pertamo is an artist who has illustrated more than 30 books. She works with a bright color palette and also uses collage in her charmingly n [...]
Emmi Pesonen
Emmi Pesonen (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 [...]
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 [...]
Maria Peura
Maria Peura (b. 1970) is a prize-winning author and dramaturge. She was given the prestigious Young Aleksis Kivi Prize, and nominated for the Finlandi [...]
Matti Pikkujämsä
Matti Pikkujämsä has created illustrations for nearly a dozen children’s books as well as several national magazines and newspapers in Finlan [...]
Elina Pitkäkangas
Elina Pitkäkangas is an author from Nokia, Finland, and an active advocate of YA literature. She has written five novels and produces book-related vi [...]
Pasi Pitkänen
Pasi Pitkänen has become known for his richly detailed illustrative work on several children’s books such as the Monster Nanny trilogy by Tuutikki [...]
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 exponen [...]
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, an [...]
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 [...]
Aapo Ravantti
Aapo Ravantti is a multi-talented artist from Lahti. In addition to illustrations for children’s books, he also works as a sound technician and musi [...]
Ninka Reittu
Ninka Reittu is an illustrator and children's book writer. Reittu lives in an old clergy house in Liperi, Finland, with her son and carpenter husband. [...]
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 [...]
Eeva Rohas
Eeva Rohas is a critically acclaimed author who writes about social misfits. Rohas received her doctoral degree in contemporary culture research in 20 [...]
Aapo Roselius
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. [...]
Riikka-Maria Rosenberg
Riikka-Maria Rosenberg (b. 1977) is a historian and author who brings the intriguing women of the past back to life. Her novels transport the reader i [...]
Veera Salmi
Veera Salmi is a Helsinki-based writer, who has worked over 15 years as a kindergarten teacher. The real starting point for her career as a writer was [...]
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- [...]
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 an [...]
Nadja Sarell
Nadja Sarell has degrees in dance and illustration, and loves to teach children and adults alike. If Nadja was an animal, she would be a cat living in [...]
Max Seeck
New York Times Bestselling Author Max Seeck is topping the bestseller lists in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden so far. THE WITCH HUNTER has alread [...]
Oula Silvennoinen
Oula Silvennoinen, PhD, is a historian and an author of narrative non-fiction who specializes on the upheavals of the modern era within the Nordic and [...]
Hanna Silvola
Hanna Silvola is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Hanken School of Economics, Finland. Her research interests are in sustainable investing and [...]
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 wri [...]
Johanna Sinisalo
Johanna Sinisalo (b. 1958) is a Finlandia-Prize winning superstar of Finnish speculative fiction. In addition to her nine novels, she has also written [...]
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 corpor [...]
Lotta Sonninen
Lotta Sonninen works as an executive editor of nonfiction. She has also taught creative writing and translated many books into Finnish. She got the id [...]
Katariina Souri
Katariina Souri (b. 1968) is an author, columnist and writer for film and television. Her debut novel, Me and Morrison (Minä ja Morrison, Tammi 1999) [...]
Pauliina Susi
Pauliina Susi has worked as a journalist and editor at several well-known Finnish magazines. She has a master’s degree in political science, and is [...]
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 child [...]
Anniina Tarasova
Anniina Tarasova is a Helsinki-based storyteller who’s worked in the leadership of a startup. Her family comes from Finland, Karelia, and St. Peters [...]
Mila Teräs
Mila Teräs has written several books for children, young adults and adults, and been nominated for the prestigious Finlandia Junior and Topelius priz [...]
Tuutikki Tolonen
Tuutikki Tolonen is the author of several acclaimed children’s books, plays and academic articles. For Monster Nanny she received the Arvid Lydecken [...]
Katja Törmänen
KATJA TÖRMÄNEN is a history teacher by training and a writer by profession. She has also studied and taught creative writing. She lives in Oulu, Nor [...]
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 [...]
Maria Turtschaninoff
Maria Turtschaninoff is known for crafting lyrical, historically inspired fantasy stories starring strong female protagonists. In addition to J.R [...]
Saara Turunen
Saara Turunen is an internationally acclaimed award-winning author, playwright and director. She is known for her bold and direct style and much of he [...]
Anders Vacklin
Anders Vacklin is a prize-winning screenwriter, dramaturge, script doctor, and author of several manuals on scriptwriting. Together with Aki Parhamaa [...]
Jyrki Vainonen
Jyrki Vainonen (1963) is an award-winning Finnish author who is renowned for his Finnish translations of the works of Seamus Heaney, Jonathan Swift an [...]
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 [...]
Heikki Valkama
Heikki Valkama is an acclaimed journalist who has worked as an editor-in-chief at several Finnish quality magazines. Additionally he has written books [...]
Jussi Valtonen
Jussi Valtonen (1974) is an author and psychologist from Helsinki. He has studied neuropsychology in the United States and screenwriting in the UK, an [...]
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 [...]
Heidi Viherjuuri
Heidi Viherjuuri lives in Cologne, Germany, where she writes about things big and small and also everyday life situations. She loves green tea, weekda [...]
Kati Vuorento
Kati Vuorento is an illustrator living and working in Espoo, Finland: ”In small details there is an infinite magic. I want my illustrations to stir [...]
