Jari Tervo Writer
Jari Tervo (born February 2, 1959) is a Finnish author. He is a major name in current Finnish literature.He writes traditional plot-driven prose, sometimes more humoristic (Poliisin poika), sometimes more like a detective story (Myyrä). Often he includes autobiographical elements. For example, Kallellaan is a diary, and Minun sukuni tarina has a protagonist which is, in all but de jure, the author himself.Despite the good reputation he has gained in Finland, only one his novels have been translated into English - Among the Saints (Pyhiesi Yhteyteen) in 2014.As another of the team captains he is also a familiar face from Finnish TV's version of Have I Got News For You, Uutisvuoto.
