Sinikka Laine-Törmänen (born 17 October 1945) is a Finnish author primarily of

young adult fiction Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...

. Her first novel ''Ohari'' was published in 1982. Laine has won many literary awards and her novel ''Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä'' (1986) won the Finnish state literature award ( fi, Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto). Laine was born in

Riihimäki Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to ...

, but lives and works in Oulu. She is married to artist Veikko Törmänen.

Works

Novels

* ''Ohari'', WSOY 1982. * ''Ei kenenkään, ei koskaan'', WSOY 1984. * ''Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä'', WSOY 1986. *''Silkkiuikku'', WSOY 1988 (as

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translation: ''Sommerpigen'', 1990) (Danish translation: ) * ''Sininen ruoho'', WSOY 1990, *''Jos et pelkää pimeää'', WSOY 1991. *''Töyhtö'', WSOY 1992. *''Myrtti, yhden talven tyttö'', WSOY 1994. *''Kuujuhla'', WSOY 1995. *''Hyvästi, valkoinen'', WSOY 1996.

Short stories

*''Sata munkkipossua'' in ''Sanojen portille lyhyesti'' (Edited by Asko Martinheimo), WSOY 1986 *''Taiteilijaelämää'',

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laine, Sinikka 1945 births Living people People from Riihimäki Finnish women novelists 20th-century Finnish novelists Finnish-language writers Finnish children's writers Writers from Kanta-Häme Finnish women children's writers 20th-century women writers