Hanna Pylväinen

Hanna Pylväinen is an American novelist and an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Life

Pylväinen grew up in suburban Detroit. Her family belonged to a conservative Finnish Lutheran church. Her strict religious upbringing inspired her first novel, We Sinners, which follows the individual members of a large religious family as they grapple with their faith.[1] Pylväinen attended Mount Holyoke College and received a Creative Writing MFA from the University of Michigan. Her writing has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.[2]

Awards and honors

Works
  • We Sinners. Henry Holt. 2012. ISBN 978-0-80509-533-3.
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References
  1. "Faith, Family And Forgiveness In 'We Sinners'". NPR.org. 23 August 2012.
  2. "Hanna Pylväinen". Lewis Center for the Arts.
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