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Laura Valpuri Lindstedt (born 1 May 1976 in Kajaani) is a Finnish

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. Her debut

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

, ''Scissors'', which was published in 2007, was nominated for the

Finlandia Prize The Finlandia Prize ( fi, Finlandia-palkinto; sv, Finlandiaprisen) is a set of Finnish literary prizes awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation to "celebrate reading and highlight new Finnish first-rate literature." Considered the most prestigious ...

, the top literary prize in Finland. Lindstedt's second novel, ''Oneiron'', which took 8 years to write, earned her the Finlandia Prize in 2015. Lindstedt is one of Finland's leading internationally known writers.

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