Teal, Thomas

Tove Jansson (1914--2001) was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator, and comic-strip author. She is best known as the creator of the Moomin children's stories, which have been published in thirty-five languages and adapted for theater, opera, film, radio, and television. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966, the Prize of the Swedish Academy in 1972, and the Pro Finlandia medal in 1976. "The Summer Book "is one of ten novels she wrote for adults.
Kathryn Davis has received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts a...