Marko Kitti

Marko Kitti is a Finnish-born author who currently lives in East Sussex, England, with his wife and stepdaughter, and their two cats. He has been writing fiction since 2001 and his Finnish publications include two collections of short stories, two novels for adult readers and one novel for young adult readers.

His second novel 'Meidän maailma' ('Our World', 2008, Arator Publishing) was shortlisted for the Runeberg Prize in 2009, a Finnish literature prize named in honour of Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877).

In 2014 Marko released his first children's book written in the English language. 'Jesper Jinx' is a humorous middle grade fiction book, and the first of the series of books to feature an eleven-year-old Jesper - a determined action-seeker and probably the unluckiest person in all of Puffington Hill.