Leena Lehtolainen

Leena Katriina Lehtolainen (born 11 March 1964 in Vesanto, Northern Savonia) is a Finnish crime novelist. She has written the famous book series about the policewoman Maria Kallio.

Her first novel was released when she was only 12 years old. Her works have been translated into various languages: Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish, French, Swedish, German, Estonian, Czech.

Lehtolainen won the Finnish crime novel society yearly prize in 1997 and 1998. She received the Espoo city Award of Arts in 2000, and was nominated for the Glass Key award in 2003.

Bibliography

• Ja äkkiä onkin toukokuu (1976)
• Kitara on rakkauteni (1981)
• Ensimmäinen murhani (1993)
• Harmin paikka (1994)
• Kuparisydän (1995)
• Luminainen (1996)
• Kuolemanspiraali (1997)
• Tuulen puolella (1998)
• Tappava säde (1999)
• Ennen lähtöä (2000)
• Sukkanauhatyttö ja muita tarinoita (2001)
• Kun luulit unohtaneesi (2002)
• Veren vimma (2003)
• Jonakin onnellisena päivänä (2004)
• Rivo Satakieli (2005)
• Viimeinen kesäyö ja muita tarinoita (2006)
• Luonas en ollutkaan (2007)
• Väärän jäljillä (2008)
• Henkivartija (2009)
• Minne tytöt kadonneet (2010)
• Oikeuden jalopeura (2011)

References

http://www.leena-lehtolainen.de/