American · b. 1985
Hanna Pylvainen's "The End of Drum-Time" was longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize, depicting the collision between Christianity and Sámi reindeer herders in nineteenth-century Scandinavia. The American author writes historical fiction that recovers marginalized perspectives, bringing research to life through intimate characterization. Pylvainen's debut explored her own Finnish-American religious community.