Background
Lehtolainen was born in Vesanto, Northern Savonia.
Lehtolainen was born in Vesanto, Northern Savonia.
She studied literature in Helsinki until 1995 and wrote crime novels from 1993 on.
Her first novel was released when she was only 12 years old. Since about 2007 she has written other genres of books Leena Lehtolainen is married to Mikko Lensu and she has got two children (Konsta Johannes, born in 1991 and Otso Olavi born in 1994).
She lives in Degerby, west of Helsinki.