Kati Hiekkapelto

Kati Hiekkapelto

Kati Hiekkapelto was born in 1970 in Oulu, Finland. She wrote her first stories at the age of two and recorded them on cassette tapes. Kati has studied Fine Arts in Liminka Art School and Special Education at the University of Jyväskylä. The subject of her final thesis/dissertation was racist bullying in Finnish schools. She went on to work as a special-needs teacher for immigrant children. Today Kati is an international crime writer, punk singer and performance artist. Her Anna Fekete series, including The Hummingbird, The Defenceless and The Exiled, have been translated into fifteen languages. The Hummingbird, The Defenceless and The Exiled were shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel, and The Defenceless won the prize for the best Finnish Crime Novel of the Year in 2014, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Glass Key Award. Kati currently lives in northern Finland, where she is working on a new novel. Follow her on Twitter @HiekkapeltoKati or visit www.katihiekkapelto.com