Siiri Enoranta, living in Tampere, Finland, writes award winning books that defy classifications of age and genre. Most of the ten novels published from Enoranta fit under the umbrella of speculative fiction, and many of them have been categorized as both YA and adult books.
In her work, she studies the eternal themes of love and death with an original touch, and as magical as the settings may be, the novels also boldly comment on the world we live in.
WSOY Literature Foundation Award 2018
Laivakello Award nomination 2020
Daughters of the World
Topelius Prize nomination 2023
Young Aleksis Prize 2023
Summer Storm
The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize nomination 2021
Finlandia Prize for Best Children’s/YA title nomination 2020
The Burnind Dark
Finlandia Prize for Best Children’s/YA title of the Year 2018
Finland’s Storytel Awards nomination 2020
Kuvastaja Prize nomination 2019
The Peculiar Life of Josir Jalatva
Kuvastaja Prize nomination 2018
The Sorrow-deer Tamer
Finlandia Prize for Best Children’s/YA title nomination 2015
Topelius Prize 2016
Finnish Literary Export Prize nomination 2016
Tampere City Literary Award 2015
Blogistania Kuopus Award 2015
Kuvastaja Prize nomination 2016
The Nettler Revolt
Tampere City Literary Award 2013
Topelius Prize nomination 2014
Kuvastaja Prize nomination 2014
Sweet Haven of Nightmares
Kuvastaja Prize nomination 2013
The Death of Giselle
Runeberg Prize nomination 2012
A Broken Child Sleeps
Tampere City Literary Award 2010
The Monarch of Omenmea
Finlandia Prize for Best Children’s /YA title nomination 2009
Kuvastaja Prize nomination 2010
Daughters of the World, WSOY 2022
Summer Storm, WSOY 2020
The Burning Dark, WSOY 2018
The Peculiar Life of Josir Jalatva, Robustos 2017
The Sorrow-deer Tamer, WSOY 2015
The Nettler Revolt, WSOY 2013
Sweet Haven of Nightmares, WSOY 2012
The Death of Giselle, Robustos 2011
A Broken Child Sleeps, Robustos 2010
Monarch of the Omenmea, Robustos 2009
Daughters of the World, WSOY 2022
”We were more or less orphans, and we decided to more or less save the world.”
The Daughters of the World is a brave utopia set in The Earth Home, where people are equal, nature is healing, and capitalism has been smashed. The journey of five girls is a mirage of an adventure novel, a modern take on friendship and a visionary study on a better world.
They meet at the Harmony Camp for the Lonely. Lise-Lotte’s parents were taken by Nunezia fever, Kaia is grieving for her family, and Ritva is pissed off by The Earth Home’s hypocritical atmosphere. Zerinda’s brain is torn by her ancestress’ memories from the edge of the apocalypse, and she’s not sure whether she still holds the ownership of her mind. Joselina’s brother has died in an attack of mysterious mechanical insects, and together the five girls set out to find the truth. Fighting and dancing, they are lead on by the mystery, through the wonders of The Earth Home.
Enoranta’s vision of the future is dazzling in it’s life force, restoring the reader’s ability to dream.