Anu Kaaja (b. 1984) is an author and scriptwriter who studied creative writing in Helsinki and got her MA from the University of Salford. Her debut Metamorphoslip (2015), a surrealist collection of short stories, came second in the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize competition. In 2017 it was awarded the Jarkko Laine Literature Prize. Leda (2017) was her first novel. It was nominated for the Runeberg Prize and awarded with Toisinkoinen Literature Prize. Kaaja’s novel Katie-Kate (2020) was greeted a brilliant and disturbing story about royals, cindarellas and our times. Her latest novel The Ribbon Bow was nominated for the Runeberg Prize and is running for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2025.
Here you can find an interview with the author, that will give you an even deeper insight into her work.
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