About the Author

Johanna Sinisalo is the author of many highly-acclaimed short stories; her Troll-The Love Story won the Finlandia Prize in 2000 and has been translated into many languages. Her second novel, Sankarit (2003) transfers the national epic, the Kalevala, to the twenty-first century. David Hackston graduated from University College, London, in 1999. A translator, he is also a composer and viola player, and currently lives in Helsinki."