Pekka Juntti

Pekka Juntti (b. 1980) is an award-winning journalist and a popular columnist, working in Lapland. He lives with his wife and three children in Haparanda, in the Tornio Valley, Sweden, just across the Finnish border. Juntti was one of the authors of the hugely successful book The Forest After Us, which won the Finlandia non-fiction Prize in 2019.

Wild Dog (2022) is Juntti’s debut novel which was inspired by a newspaper article the author himself wrote about the lost husky Nanok. A strong debut, the book came out to rave reviews. 

 

Photo: © Antti J. Leinonen

 

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