Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally writ…
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, (1907 - 2002) was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 count…
Strömquist was born in Lund and grew up in Ravlunda in the Österlen region of south Sweden. Today she lives in Malmö. Already as a five-year old she made her own comics, but stopped, until she took up…
Dess Terentyeva (b. 1992) is an author of Russian origin who lives in the vibrant city of Tampere in Finland. As a migrant author, both Russian and Finnish cultural aspects reflect in her works. Her w…
Henriikka Rönkkönen on Heinolasta kotoisin oleva kirjailija ja bloggaaja. Koulutukseltaan hän on filosofian maisteri, pääaineena äidinkieli ja kirjallisuus. Ennen oman sinkkuutta käsittelevän bloginsa…
Raisa Omaheimo on helsinkiläinen taiteilija, joka on käsitellyt yksityisen ja yleisen rajapintoja näytelmäkäsikirjoituksissaan Läski ja Häiriö. Koulutukseltaan hän on teatteri-ilmaisun ohjaaja ja tait…
Iida Turpeinen is a Helsinki-based literary scholar currently writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. As an author, she is intrigued by the literary potentia…
