Timo Parvela, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Timo Parvela

Finnish author

Date of Birth: 19-May-1964

Place of Birth: Jyväskylä, Finland

Profession: writer, teacher, children's writer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Timo Parvela (born 19 May 1964 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish author of juvenile fiction. Parvela matriculated from secondary school in 1983 and graduated from Jyväskylä Teacher Training College in 1988.
He worked at a series of elementary school teaching posts for six years — first in Petäjävesi in the Jyväskylä sub-region and later in Espoo — until the mid-1990s.
Since 1996 he has been a freelance writer. In addition to numerous children's books he has written television screenplays both for children's audiences and for adults, as well as scripts for Finnish radio.