Writing · Novel · Creator
Born Oct 25, 1955 · Turku, Finland
Active 2007–present · Awards: Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Leena Lander is a Finnish author. She grew up in Turku, in a boys' home that her father ran. In 1992, she won the Thanks for the Book Award for Tummien perhosten koti, which was made into a successful Finnish film in 2008.