Marko Kitti (born 11 July 1970 in
Turku
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,
Finland
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) is a Finnish
author
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. He has
published
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four works of
fiction
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in the Finnish language for adult readers and a novel for Young Adult readers. He is also the author and illustrator of the Jesper Jinx books, the middle-grade chapter book series written in the English language. He was a candidate for the 2009 Runeberg prize.
Runeberg-palkintoa tavoittelee kahdeksan kirjailijaa
Savon Sanomat 3 December 2008
Bibliography
Finnish publications
* ''Kottarainen (The Starling)''. Helsinki
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: Arator, 2001. Short story
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collection. .
* ''Viidakko (The Jungle)''. Helsinki: Arator, 2003. Novel. .
* ''Meidän maailma (Our world)''. Helsinki: Arator, 2008. Novel. .
* ''Isiä ja poikia (Fathers and Sons)''. Helsinki: Arator, 2010. Short story
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collection. .
* ''Oliivityttö (Olive girl)''. Helsinki: Tammi, 2012. Youth novel. .
English publications
* ''Jesper Jinx''. CreateSpace, 2014. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
* ''Jesper Jinx and the Sneezing Season, 2014''. CreateSpace, 2014. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
* ''Jesper Jinx and the Turkish Pepper, 2015''. CreateSpace, 2015. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
* ''Jesper Jinx Goes Fishing, 2015''. CreateSpace, 2015. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
* ''Jesper Jinx and the Scrumptious Snacks, 2016''. CreateSpace, 2016. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
* ''Jesper Jinx's Best Friend, 2016''. CreateSpace, 2016. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
* ''Jesper Jinx and the Mouse Mayhem, 2017''. CreateSpace, 2017. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
* ''The Piraroo, 2018''. CreateSpace, 2018. Illustrated middle-grade chapter book. .
See also
* Finnish literature
Finnish literature refers to literature written in Finland. During the European early Middle Ages, the earliest text in a Finnic language is the unique thirteenth-century Birch bark letter no. 292 from Novgorod. The text was written in Cyrilli ...
References
External links
Marko Kitti website.
The Official Jesper Jinx website.
Tales from Puffington Hill.
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Living people
1970 births
Writers from Turku