Karen Autio
Children’s Author | Editor | Presenter
Inspired by a Finnish silver spoon and the 1914 wreck of the Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland—Canada’s Titanic
SECOND WATCH published by Sono Nis Press“[Second Watch] is a novel that deals with so much more than the sinking of the [Empress of Ireland] … a rich portrait of Finnish life in the early twentieth century in northern Ontario.”
— liza morrison , Canadian Children's Book News
"What is the purpose of my life?"
After surviving one of the worst marine disasters in Canadian history, Saara Mäki still feels a little at sea. As the First World War looms, tuberculosis strikes her family, and Saara's next passage takes her into entirely unfamiliar waters.
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SAARA'S PASSAGE
published by
Sono Nis Press
Historical Fiction for Ages 8–13
“Saara is a well-rounded and entirely believable character … Autio’s tightly woven and well-crafted story has a number of unexpected yet realistic plot twists. Highly Recommended. ”
—Canadian Review of Materials
SABOTAGE published by
Sono Nis Press
Historical Fiction for Ages 8–13
Available as paperback and ebook