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Finn-Ole Heinrich

Living between Hamburg and the South of France, German author and film-maker, Finn-Ole Heinrich is coming to London in the framework of the exciting Aarhus 39 project: a group of 39 European children’s authors under 40 who will all be taking part in a special Hay Festival event in this year’s European capital of culture Aarhus in October 2017. He has received many awards, such as the German Youth Literature Prize in 2012 and he is known in France for his Laura Schmitt series about adolescent friendship, published by Thierry Magnier.

Recent books:

• “Peeka Style” from Odyssey, Stories of Journeys from around Europe – Aarhus 39 (2017, Alma)
• La vie de Lara Schmitt, Tome 3 : La fin de l’univers (2016, Thierry Magnier, tr. Isabelle Enderlein)
• La vie de Lara Schmitt, Tome 2 : Dans l’attente d’un miracle (2015, Thierry Magnier, tr. Isabelle Enderlein)