Leena Lander

Leena Lander (born 25 October 1955, in Turku) is a Finnish author. She grew up in Turku, in a boys' home that her father ran.^[1] In 1992, she won the Thanks for the Book Award for Tummien perhosten koti (The Home of the Dark Butterflies), which was made into a successful Finnish film in 2008.^[2] Her work is known for its concern with the treatment of children and tensions involving authority and conscience.^[3] She also won the Pro Finlandia medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2000.