Ilkka Remes

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Ilkka Remes is a Finnish author of thrillers and young adult literature. Remes' real name is Petri Pykälä (b. 1962 Luumäki). Remes has stated his used of a pseudonym because he does not want to be considered only a thriller writer, and wants to be able to write other genres of books in the future.

Remes lives in Spain. He was awarded the Kalevi Jäntti Literature Award in 1997, the Clue of the Year Award from the Finnish Detective Novel Society in 1999 and the Olvi Foundation Literature Award in 1999.

The Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja commented on Remes' book Ruttokellot on his homepage in January 2001. His review on the book was rather negative and he found it troubling that so many of the antagonists in Remes' books were of Russian origin.^[1] (see Russophobia).

Remes has written 11 thrillers which have enjoyed significant domestic popularity. The names in parenthesis are direct translations.

Pääkallokehrääjä (1997) ("Death's-head Moth")
Karjalan lunnaat (1998) ("Ransom of Karelia")
Pedon syleily (1999) ("The Beast's Embrace")
Ruttokellot (2000) ("The Plague Bells")
Uhrilento (2001) ("The Sacrificial Flight")
Itäveri (2002) ("Eastern Blood")
Ikiyö (2003) ("The Perpetual Night")
Hiroshiman portti (2004) ("The Gate of Hiroshima")
Nimessä ja veressä (2005) ("In the Name and Blood")
6/12 (2006) (referring to December 6, the Independence Day of Finland)
Pahan perimä ("Evil's Genotype") (2007)

Of the above, Ikiyö ("Ewige Nacht"), Hiroshiman portti ("Das Hiroshima-Tor")) and Nimessä ja veressä ("Höllensturz") have been translated into German.