The Bodyguard (25 page)
Authors: Leena Lehtolainen
Tags: #Crime Fiction, #Spies & Politics, #Conspiracies, #Romantic Suspense, #Thrillers, #Thrillers & Suspense, #Suspense, #Romance, #Thriller & Suspense, #Literature & Fiction, #Mystery & Suspense, #Mystery, #Crime
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Finland’s bestselling female crime author, Leena Lehtolainen first rose to fame with her series starring feisty female detective Mario Kallio. She won the Finnish Whodunit Society’s annual prize for the best Finnish crime novel twice and was nominated for the prestigious Glass Key award for the best Nordic crime novel. Her novels have been translated into twenty-nine languages and sold over two million copies. Lehtolainen currently lives in Finland with her husband and two sons.
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ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
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Jenni Salmi is a translator and localizer living in Seattle. She was born and raised in Eastern Finland, near the Russian border, where she learned English, Swedish, German, and Russian. After mostly forgetting the other languages, she earned her master’s degree in English literature at the University of Joensuu. Leena Lehtolainen’s
The Bodyguard
is her first full-length fiction translation.