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Salla Simukka (born 16 June 1981) is a best-selling Finnish novelist, translator and literary critic, and winner of the Topelius Prize 2013 and the Finland Prize 2013. She is known for her young adult series The Snow White Trilogy, which was originally published in Finnish as the Lumikki Andersson trilogy Simukka was born in Tampere and showed an interest in writing at a young age. She completed her first book when she was 18 and has since written several novels in addition to translating foreign works into Finnish. As a critic, she has written reviews for Helsingin Sanomat and Hämeen Sanomat. She has also worked as an editor for the literary journal LUKUfiilis and as a scriptwriter for the Finnish Broadcasting Company. In 2013, Simukka received two awards: the Topelius Prize for the best Finnish youth novel and Toisaalla; and the Finland Prize for a promising breakthrough