Siiri Enoranta, living in Tampere, Finland, writes award winning books that defy classifications of age and genre. Most of the novels 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.
Laivakello Award nomination 2024
Laivakello Award nomination 2020
WSOY Literature Foundation Award 2018
Nocturnal Lifelines
Tähtivaeltaja Award 2025
Finnish Literary Export / Torch Bearer Prize nomination 2024
Kuvastaja prize nomination 2025
Daughters of the World
Anni Swan medal 2024
Young Aleksis Prize 2023
Topelius Prize nomination 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
Conversations With Blossoms, WSOY 2026
Nocturnal Lifelines, Gummerus 2024
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
Conversations With Blossoms, WSOY 2026
Can love grow when shared?
Magical Jewel laelias blossom in the peaceful village of Five Rivers. Everyone celebrates the flowers in their own way. Xaskia is in training to become a laeliatress, and her loved one Naum and his brothers engage in musical numbers, recital and acrobatic tricks. Sona, recently moved from another village, doesn’t understand the excitement around the laelias. Nor does Sona get why must their life get entangled with the feisty Xaskia’s business. And does Naum have to be so charming!
As a result of a dangerous spell Xaskia gets stuck in a parallel magic reality, where her only companions are the strange, fluffy, talking ungulates. Xaskia must do everything in her power to return to her loved ones, but will she succeed before it is too late?
The gentle novel takes the reader on an adventure. It ponders the human’s role as a part of nature, and what it means to love without bounds.