Taru Kumara-Moisio is a Finnish author and a teacher of Finnish language and literature. She has written three novels and a bunch of acclaimed short stories. She loves to write speculative fiction, for both adults and young people. Some of her short stories have been translated into English, Spanish and Swedish. Her novel My Finnish Taniwha is now available in English as an e-book. As a teacher, she has a passion for edu-larping and encouraging teens to read more.