Johanna Sinisalo

Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958) is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer. She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere. Professionally she worked in the advertising business, rising to the level of marketing designer.

An important figure in the burgeoning Finnish science fiction scene in the late 1980s and early '90s (winning a rare back-to-back collection of Atorox prizes for short fiction in the genre), she was also the first to make a breakthrough by bursting the genre barriers.

Sinisalo was awarded the Finlandia Prize for literature in 2000 for her first novel, "Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi" (translated as "Not before sundown" in 2003 and again as "Troll — A Love Story" in 2004 for the American market). The novel has been translated to several languages. Not Before Sundown was awarded The James Tiptree Jr. award in 2004. Movie rights were acquired by Carter Smith in 2006.

She is also confirmed as the screenwriter of Energia Productions "Iron Sky" movie, a sci-fi comedy set in 2018.

Bibliography

Novels

*Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi, (Not before sundown, Tammi, 2000)
*Sankarit, (Tammi 2003)
*Kädettömät kuninkaat ja muita häiritseviä tarinoita, (Teos 2005), short story collection
*Lasisilmä, (Teos 2006)

hort fiction

She has published over 40 short stories, most of them fantasy and science fiction in various in scifi-magazines, journals and women's magazines. Her work has also appeared in the following anthologies:

*Vuosirengas 74 (1974)
**short stories "Kilometripylväät" and "Jäinen kaupunki"
*Jäinen vaeltaja (1986)
** short stories "Tarina kuolleesta metsästä" and "Sorsapuisto"
*Atoroxin perilliset (1988)
** short stories "Hanna", "Yövesi" and "Suklaalaput"
*Ensimmäinen yhteys (1988)
**short story "Transit"
*Illan tähti yksinäinen (1991)
**short story "Illan tähti yksinäinen"
*Kultainen naamio (1993)
**short story "Me vakuutamme sinut"
*Onnellinen kuolema (1996)
**mini novel "Tango merellä"
*Linnées boreales (2001)
**short story (French) "Le Transit"
*Kärlek på finska (2002)
**short story (Swedish) "Låset"
*Intohimosta rikokseen (2002)
**short story "Baby Doll"
*Utopiae 2005 (2005)
**novelli (French) "Baby Doll"

Editor

*Anthology "Verkon silmässä" (Tammi, 2005)
** Selection of short stories about the internet from several writers.
*"The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy" (Dedalus Books, 2005)
**Anthology in English, a selection of Finnish speculative fiction from the 19th century to present day, translated by David Hackston.

Television

*Toinen todellisuus, TV2, 1991
*Maa on litteä, TV2, 1992
*Tulevaisuuden kuvia, TV2, 1995
*Ainoa elämä, TV2, 1997
*Elämän Suola, TV 2, 1995
*Samaa sukua, eri maata, MTV3, 1997
*SunRadio, TV1, 1998
*Salatut Elämät, MTV3
*Kotikatu, TV1
*Käenpesä, MTV3

Comics

*"Tiskivuoro" in Uusi Nainen -magazine ', art by Hannu Mänttäri
*Scripts for Moomin related comics for Semic and ToTo-tuotanto, several artists
*"Pikku eläinpuoti" in *Oma Ystävä -magazine, art by Hannu Mänttäri
*"Kimppakämppä" in Trendi -magazine, art by Johanna Rojola
*Several science fiction and fantasy themed comics from the year 1982 onwards, several artists

References