Johanna Sinisalo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Johanna Sinisalo

Finnish writer

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: Sodankylä, Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland, Finland

Profession: screenwriter, writer, science fiction writer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Aila Johanna Sinisalo 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 Finnish science fiction scene in the late 1980s and early '90s (winning a rare back-to-back collection of Atorox Awards for short fiction in the genre), she was also the first Finnish science fiction writer to make a mainstream breakthrough by breaking genre barriers.