Salmela was the first person without a Finnish citizenship to win the prestigiousHelsingin SanomatLiterature Prizefor her debut27 čiže smrť robí umelca(27 – Death Makes the Artist, 2010). She has written the children’s booksPrincezná opica(The Monkey Princess, 2012) andŽirafia mama a iné príšery(The Giraffe’s Mother and Other Monsters, 2013) and co-authoredMimi a Líza(2013) andMimi a Líza 2(2015). Her utopian novelAntihrdina(Antihero, 2017) has made into the ten finalists for Anasoft Litera 2018.
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