(born 24 November 1973) is a Finnish-

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n children's writer, poet and translator. He is best known for his series of Estonian-language crime stories, which are addressed to children. The settings of these stories take place in the neighborhood of

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

. was born in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

. In 1999, he graduated from

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

, studying the Estonian language as a foreign language. From 2002 to 2006, he was the director of the Estonian Institute in Finland. Since 2006, he returned to Estonia and is living and working in Tartu.

Works

* 2008: children's story "" ('The Stolen Orange Bicycle') * 2009: children's story "" ('The Hidden Silver Treasure Box') * 2017: children's story "" ('The Phantom Cyclist')

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* 1973 births Living people 20th-century Estonian writers Estonian male poets 20th-century Estonian poets Estonian children's writers Finnish children's writers 20th-century Finnish writers Finnish male poets 20th-century Finnish poets Finnish male writers Finnish translators Finnish emigrants to Estonia Estonian University of Life Sciences alumni University of Tartu alumni Writers from Helsinki {{Estonia-writer-stub