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Known best for her internationally bestselling crime fiction series, author Leena Lehtolainen generated major buzz during the Frankfurt Book Fair with her new work of upmarket women’s fiction, A Life in Six Scenes (Kuusi kohtausta Sadusta, Tammi 2014).
The novel tells the story of charismatic and temperamental artist Satu Savinainen, whose lover Heikki Sirviö adapts her life into a play. Before the play’s premiere, Satu disappears.
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“[Character] Heikki Sirviö wrestles with his own motivations, as do all authors of memoirs and biographies. What will he leave out and what will he highlight in order to tell an interesting true story? The question remains: who has the copyright to one’s own life?”
– Helsingin sanomat newspaper, Finland
Lehtolainen has written more than 20 novels, and rights to her works have been sold in 29 territories. Earlier this month she participated in a crime fiction-themed discussion at the Harbour Front Literaturfestival in Hamburg, and met readers and international publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Just over a week earlier she had appeared at the Festival Est-Ouest in southerastern France alongside several Finnish authors, including Johanna Sinisalo.
This Friday, October 24th, Lehtolainen will take part in a Nordic Crime Evening at Rock Café in Prague alongside Swedish author Johan Theorin. The event is part of the fifth annual Nordic Days Festival; see here for more information. On Saturday she will do a signing at the Palace of Books Luxor in Prague’s Wenceslas square.
On November 11th, Lehtolainen will visit New York for the launch of the new Helsinki Noir anthology, published by Akashic Books. See more information here. AmazonCrossing will publish Lehtolainen’s novels Snow Woman (Tammi 1996) and The Bodyguard (Tammi 2009) later this year.
RIGHTS SOLD
The Maria Kallio series:
Original publisher: FINLAND, Tammi
WORLD ENGLISH, Amazon
BRAZIL, Autentica
DENMARK, Bazar
FRANCE, Gaia
GERMANY, Rowohlt
GREECE, Livani
HUNGARY, Animus
ISRAEL, Penn
JAPAN, Tokyo Sogensha
LATVIA, Zvaigzne
NORWAY, Bazar
POLAND, Rebis
RUSSIA, Ast
SPAIN, Destino
SWEDEN, Bazar
TAIWAN, Linking
TURKEY, Bizim Kitaplar
TV RIGHTS, Studio Hamburg
RIGHTS SOLD
The Bodyguard Trilogy:
Original publisher: FINLAND, Tammi
WORLD ENGLISH, Amazon
ARMENIA, Guitank
CZECH, Argo
FRANCE, Hachette Livre
GERMANY, Rowohlt
NETHERLANDS, Unieboek | Het Spectrum
RUSSIA, Azbooka-Atticus
SPAIN, Destino
TAIWAN, Linking
TURKEY, Nemesis
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