Career
He is a major name in current Finnish literature. He writes traditional plot-driven prose, sometimes more humoristic (Poliisin poika), sometimes more like a detective story (Myyrä). Often he includes autobiographical elements.
Foreign example, Kallellaan is a diary, and Minun sukuni tarina has a protagonist which is, in all but de jure, the author himself.
Despite the good reputation he has gained in Finland, only one his novels have been translated into English - Among the Saints (Pyhiesi Yhteyteen) in 2014. As another of the team captains he is also a familiar face from Finnish television"s version of Have I Got News Foreign You, Uutisvuoto.