Sex / Female

Year of birth / 1958

Website / www.rosaliksom.com

I was born in Lapland, Finland, In the very far North, in the Meän language area. My parents were farmers and reindeer breeders. At the age of 17 I moved to Helsinki. I had miscellaneous jobs and studied anthropology in the university. I spent my youth (occupying buildings and) living in squats and communes throughout Europe. I lived in Kristiania, Copenhagen for four years and spent many summers in Paris. I also lived in Northern Norway and Island and spent the Breznev era in Moscow. I wrote the first three of my books in Kristiania, Denmark as I was working in a bakery and helping out at a local store. I moved back to Helsinki, Finland in 1987.

Besides writing books, I've also painted and made shortfilms since 1985. I've made comicbooks, a colouring book and children's books. Writing and creating all kinds of art is a way of life for me. I do all of this because I (simply) enjoy it so much (enormously).