Matti Rönkä

Matti Rönkä (born September 9, 1959) is a Finnish TV-journalist and novelist. He received the Glass Key award in 2007 for the crime novel Ystävät kaukana^[1] and the Deutscher Krimi Preis third prize in 2008 for the German translation of his novel Tappajan näköinen mies (2002) (German: Der Grenzgänger).^[2] He has been the anchor of the daily news program 8:30 National Report since 2003 on YLE, thus inheriting the nickname "Suomen ääni" (engl. "The Voice of Finland") from the program's old host Arvi Lind.

Bibliography

2002 Tappajan näköinen mies
2003 Hyvä veli, paha veli
2005 Ystävät kaukana
2007 Mies rajan takaa, an anthology comprising the three above
2008 Isä, poika ja paha henki
2009 Tuliaiset Moskovasta
2011 Väärän maan vainaja

References

^ "Det Skandinaviske Kriminalselskabs pris ”Glasnøglen”" (in Danish). http://www.kochskrimier.dk/oversigter/glasnoeglevindere.htm. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
^ "Der Deutsche Krimi Preis 1985 - heute" (in German). www.krimilexikon.de. http://www.krimilexikon.de/dkp/dkpall.html. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

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