Kati Hiekkapelto (born 8 September 1970 in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish novelist, performance artist and punk singer.
Following her studies in special education, Hiekkapelto worked as a special-needs teacher for a time in Serbia among its minority Hungarian population.
Its protagonist, a police detective, Anna Fekete, is an immigrant to Finland from the erstwhile Yugoslavia.
The book was a critical as well as popular success, and has been translated into several languages, including English and German.
[3] Hiekkapelto performs in a punk band Parrakas nainen (The Bearded Woman).