Leena Lehtolainen’s internationally bestselling Maria Kallio crime series sold in Poland to REBIS Publishers

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Leena Lehtolainen’s internationally bestselling Maria Kallio crime series will be re-introduced in Poland by REBIS Publishers with an extensive marketing campaign including an author tour in Poland. REBIS will publish the 11th Maria Kallio crime novel WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE in Fall 2012 and the 10th novel ON THE WRONG TRACK in 2013.

Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s crime novels have been sold in 20 territories and counting, and her international sales are over 1.7 million copies so far!

Please ask for full English text of WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE and full German text of ON THE WRONG TRACK!

 

Auf der Falschen Spur, Rowohlt/Kindler Germany 2010 (On the Wrong Track, Tammi 2008)
Minne tytöt kadonneet, Tammi Finland 2010 (Where Have All the Young Girls Gone)

LEENA LEHTOLAINEN: MARIA KALLIO CRIME SERIES

RIGHTS SOLD:

Czech Republic, Hejkal
Denmark, Bazar
Finland, Tammi
Germany, Rowohlt/Kindler
France, Gaia
Israel, Penn
Italy, Fanucci
Netherlands, A W Bruna
Norway, Bazar
Poland, Rebis
Russia, Ast
Spain, Destino
Sweden, Bazar
Taiwan, Linking
Turkey, Bizim Kitaplar

About author


Leena Lehtolainen

Leena Lehtolainen is the top female crime author in Finland: her new titles always head straight to #1 on the Finnish bestseller lists.

Lehtolainen created her successful protagonist, detective Maria Kallio, in 1993. Having already featured in 16 novels and a complete TV series, a new Maria Kallio TV reboot series was launched in Fall 2021 on C More. Lehtolainen’s novels have been translated into 30 languages and have sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.

And just like the events in Bodyguard, a that takes the heroine Hilja Ilveskero all around Europe, Lehtolainen’s own work takes her to book festivals, exhibitions and other events across the globe.

Leena Lehtolainen has also published outside the crime genre; her book The Charm of Figure Skating was voted sports book of the year 2010 in Finland, and A Life in Six Scenes showed her return to literary fiction.

The Crossing of the Green Dragon is her first title for YA audiences.

In her free time, Lehtolainen enjoys all kinds of music and follows lynx trails in the forests – just like Maria Kallio.

Photo credit: Ville Juurikkala

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Bibliography


2025, Crime & Suspense

The Snow Leopard's Heart

Leena Lehtolainen


2022, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

The Crossing of the Green Dragon

Leena Lehtolainen


2016, General Nonfiction, Memories & Biographies

The Charm of Ice

Leena Lehtolainen

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