Liisa Kovala is a graduate of the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies with a Certificate of Creative Writing. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa, as well as a Master of Education from Nipissing University. A member of Sudbury Writers' Guild and a well-published author, she currently lives in Sudbury, Ontario, with her husband and two children. She is interested in all things Finnish.
"The Day Soon Dawns: A Finnish Sailor's True Story of Surviving Stutthof "is a retelling of her father's struggles as a prison