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Marko Hautala


Born
in Kauhava, Finland
June 05, 1973

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Genre
Horror, Mystery

Influences
Vintage horror, Malcolm McDowell, Aino Kallas, Shirley Jackson, Stephe ...more


Marko Hautala’s unique blend of psychological horror and realism has attracted readers of all genres, earning him a reputation as the Finnish Stephen King. His first novel The Self-Illuminated Ones (Itsevalaisevat, 2008) received the Tiiliskivi Prize, and in 2010 Hautala received the Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize for Young Authors for Shrouds (Käärinliinat, 2009). He was also nominated for the Young Aleksis Kivi Prize in 2013 for Seeing Eyes (Unikoira, 2012).

Hautala's literary sensibility was formed at an early age by horror novels and later on by his experiences working as a nurse at a mental institute in the early 1990's. The Black Tongue (Kuokkamummo, 2015) is Hautala's first novel to appear in English. ...more

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Ramiel ei puhu, mutta hän näkee kaiken. Silloinkin kun muut eivät näe mitään. Eletään 1930-lukua länsirannikolla. Eläintieteen professori saapuu kaupungista pieneen kylään, Ramielin isäpuoli on luvannut viedä hänet talviselle hylkeenpyyntimatkalle. Mukaan pestataan myös kokenut pyytäjä, joka tuntee jään ja hylkeiden oikut. Jäällä armottomat olosuhteet saavat retkikunnan pian polvilleen. Yksikin ha Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.48 · 5,955 ratings · 835 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors
The Black Tongue
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3.39 avg rating — 1,052 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions
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Leväluhta
3.62 avg rating — 609 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions
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Pimeän arkkitehti
3.62 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
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Kuiskaava tyttö
3.31 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions
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Kuolleiden valssi
3.50 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions
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Musta kieli
3.68 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2023
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Itsevalaisevat
3.20 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2008
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Käärinliinat
3.14 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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Torajyvät
3.18 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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Unikoira
3.23 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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“You’re all sitting here wondering what Granny Hatchet does. Granny Hatchet kills children.”
― Marko Hautala, The Black Tongue
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“Rokelou yike a chat.”
― Marko Hautala, The Black Tongue
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