Jani Saxell is a Helsinki-based author, journalist, and creative writing instructor. His latest work, The Book of Themes – New Perspectives, Topics, and Techniques for Creative Writers (Art House, 2025), offers ideas and practical tools for writers in the form of literary essays. In addition, Saxell takes readers on a journey through literary themes and into the heart of writing itself: what to write and why. He has received the WSOY Literature Foundation Award (2021) and the Finnish Writers’ Union Award (2023). Saxell also won the Tähtivaeltaja Award for his novel Doomsday Caravan (2017).
