Kätlin Vainola

Kätlin Vainola (born 30 September 1978 in Tallinn) is a contemporary Estonian children’s writer and poet. She sometimes uses the pen name Marie Myrk.

Biography
Born in Tallinn, she spent her earliest years in the subdistrict of Kopli before the family moved to Põlva. The family later returned to Tallinn where she graduated from secondary school at the Pääsküla Gymnasium.

Vainola graduated from Tallinn University in Estonian philology in 2002 and has worked as a teacher, project manager, and editor and has written lyrics for the bands Vennaskond and Sõpruse Puiestee. She currently works as the editor-in-chief of the children’s magazine Hea Laps. Since 2014 she is a member of the Estonian Writers' Union.

Personal
Kätlin Vainola is married to musician Allan Vainola. They have two sons.

Awards

 * 2005 Children’s Story Competition My First Book, 3rd place (Ville)
 * 2009 Good Children’s Book (Kelly – Almost a Fairy)
 * 2011 Good Children’s Book (The ABCs of Pond Life)
 * 2013 Good Children’s Book (Lift)
 * 2013 The Knee-High Book Competition, 1st place (Where is Love?)
 * 2014 The White Ravens (Lift)
 * 2014 Good Children’s Book (Where is Love?)

Translations
German


 * Lift, Willegoos 2015
 * Wo ist die Liebe?, BaltArt 2015

Italian


 * A che piano va? Sinnos 2016

Lithuanian


 * Liftas, 700 eilučių 2016