Andreï Makine was born in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union on 10 September 1957 and grew up in city of Penza, a provincial town about 440 miles south-east of Moscow. As a boy, having acquired familiarity wit…
Elizabeth Strout is the author of several novels, including: Abide with Me, a national bestseller and BookSense pick, and Amy and Isabelle, which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for Fir…
Juha Itkonen (s. 1975 Hämeenlinnassa) kuuluu nuoren kirjailijapolven kärkinimiin. Itkonen asuu Helsingissä, Arabianrannassa vaimonsa Maija Itkosen ja kahden lapsensa kanssa. Maija Itkonen (s. 1977) ty…
Petri Tamminen (s. 1966) on valmistunut Tampereen yliopistosta pääaineenan tiedotusoppi. Tamminen asuu perheineen Vääksyssä ja työskentelee vapaana kirjailijana.
Marja-Liisa Orvokki Vartio (née Sairanen, 1955-1966 Haavikko; 11 September 1924 Sääminki, Finland – 17 June 1966 Savonlinna, Finland) was a Finnish poet and prose writer. Her writing career was short …
Tommi Kinnunen (b. 1973) was born in Kuusamo, north-east Finland and currently lives in Turku, where he works as a Finnish literature school teacher. His debut novel, Where Four Roads Meet has dominat…
