Salla Simukka was born in 1981 in Tampere, Finland. She studied Scandinavian philology at the University of Turku, and now lives with her husband in Tampere near the ducks at the park. She has written several novels and one collection of short prose for young people, and has translated adult fiction, children's books, and plays. Her hobbies are baking and running, and she is also the associate editor at a literary publication for young people, LUKUFIILIS. Her 'Snow White' trilogy (AS RED AS BLOOD, AS WHITE AS SNOW and AS BLACK AS EBONY) has been sold in over 40 worldwide territories. Follow Salla at www.snowwhitetrilogy.wordpress.com or on Twitter: @SallaSimukka.