Johanna Sinisalo is another of the authors I've come across in what I slightly pompously call my Finnish revival. So I'm glad Stewart brought her up.
Where I first came across her name was not as an author in her own right, but as the editor of the Dedalus book,
The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy. It includes work by Aino Kallas, Mika Waltari, Arto Paasilinna, Bo Carpelan, Pentti Holappa, and Leena Krohn as well as contributions by the rising stars of Finnish fiction. The translator of all the works included is David Hackston:
Amazon.co.uk: The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy (Dedalus Literary Fantasy Anthologies): Johanna Sinisalo, David Hackston: Books
Dedalus web page with reviews at:
Dedalus Books Catalogue - The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy
The cover illustration is a detail from one of a series of small paintings by the Finnish painter Hugo Simberg (1873-1917):
Hugo Simberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As regards Sinisalo's being typecast as a sci-fi writer, I don't think she minds. She appears to have found her niche:
Johanna Sinisalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But the Finnish Wikipedia entry does not accentuate the sci-fi angle as much as the one in English:
Johanna Sinisalo ? Wikipedia
Brief English information on her on the website of her publisher TEOS, Helsinki, plus details of her latest novels:
Kustannusosakeyhtiö TEOS
In September 2008, Sinisalo will publish her latest novel
Linnuaivot (Birdbrain), which is a thriller and involves a trip to Australia and New Zealand.