Karen Autio
Karen Autio is a Finnish Canadian writer of children's fiction. She has written a historical novel trilogy about a young immigrant girl Saara Mäki and her adventures in 1910s Canada amongst other children's books.
Early life and education[edit]
Karen Autio was born in Fort William, Ontario and grew up in the area, now called Thunder Bay. She lives currently in Kelowna, British Columbia.[1] She studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Waterloo and worked as a software developer before starting her writing career.[2]
Writing career[edit]
Her first novel, Second Watch (Sonoris Press 2005), is set around the wreck of the RMS Empress of Ireland in 1914. Young Saara is one of the few surviving children in the disaster that took more than 1,000 lives.[3][4] In the sequel, Saara's Passage (2008), Saara takes care of her mother who is treated for tuberculosis.[2] In Sabotage (2013), Saara and her younger brother Jussi grow up in Port Arthur, Ontario, during the First World War.[5][6]
Works[edit]
- Second Watch (2005), ISBN 1-55039-151-8
- Saara's Passage (2008), ISBN 978-1-55039-168-8
- Sabotage (2013), ISBN 978-1-55039-208-1
- Kah-Lan the Adventurous Sea Otter (2015), ISBN 978-1-55039-208-1
References[edit]
- ^ Karen Autio Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Sonoris Press. Cited May 29, 2014.
- ^ a b Karen Autio Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine, The Canadian Children's Book Centre. Cited May 29, 2014.
- ^ Second Watch, Goodreads.com. Cited May 29, 2014.
- ^ Autio, Karen, ABC Bookworld. Cited May 29, 2014.
- ^ Third book by Kelowna author now out, CBC British Columbia 26.9.2013. Cited May 29, 2014.
- ^ Sabotage, The Manitoba Library Association, University of Manitoba. Cited May 29, 2014.
