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Website: https://www.liisakovala.com/
Bio:
Liisa Kovala is a Finnish Canadian author and book coach. Her debut novel, Sisu's Winter War (Latitude 46, 2022), received a Literary Creation Project Grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Liisa's first book, Surviving Stutthof: My Father’s Memories Behind the Death Gate (Latitude 46, 2017) was shortlisted for a Northern Lit Award and published in Finland under the title Stutthofin selviytyjä (Docendo, 2020). Most recently, Liisa won first prize in Geist's 2023 Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest for her story "Surveillance."
Liisa is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada, Canadian Authors Association, and past president of the Sudbury Writers' Guild. She earned a graduate certificate in Creative Writing with distinction from Humber School for Writers and a Creative Writing Certificate from the University of Toronto.
Liisa's work is inspired by her Finnish heritage and the Northern Ontario landscape she calls home.
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