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Essi Mäkelä

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Essi Mäkelä is a scholar of religion currently working on her PhD Thesis. The subject is registering of religious communities in Finland. She has published fiction in the form of short stories, and children's factual books on Finland, Estonia, Norway and Iceland. Currently, alongside her thesis, Essi is working on multiple non-fiction and fiction manuscripts.

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	Haloo? Mun netissä on jotain kummaa... ja muita häiriöitä etäyhteyksissä by Essi Mäkelä (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Toni Saarinen (Editor), Reetta Vuokko-Syrjänen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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