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Hannu Rajaniemi (born March 9, 1978 in Ylivieska, Finland) is a Finnish-born author of science fiction and fantasy, writing in both English and Finnish. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a founding director of a technology consultancy company, ThinkTank Maths.

Biography
Rajaniemi holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics at the University of Oulu, a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to starting his Ph.D. candidature, he completed his national service as a research scientist for the Finnish Defence Forces.

While pursuing his Ph.D. in Edinburgh, Rajaniemi joined Writers' Bloc, a writers' group in Edinburgh that organizes semi-regular spoken word performances and counts Charlie Stross amongst its members. Early works included his first published short story "Shibuya no Love" in 2003 and his short story "Deus Ex Homine" in Nova Scotia, a 2005 anthology of Scottish science fiction and fantasy, which caught the attention of his current literary agent, John Jarrold.

Rajaniemi gained attention in October 2008 when John Jarrold secured a three-book deal for him with Gollancz, on the basis of only twenty-four double-spaced pages. His debut novel, The Quantum Thief, was published in September 2010 by Gollancz in Britain and will be published in May 2011 by Tor Books in the U.S. A sequel is in progress.

Short Fiction
Rajaniemi maintains a list of short fiction online. A partial list follows.
 * "Shibuya no Love" (futurismic.com, 2003) available online
 * "Deus Ex Homine" (Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84183-086-5; The Year's Best Science Fiction 23, 2006, edited by Gardner Dozois, ISBN 0-31-235334-0; Year's Best SF 11, 2006, edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, ISBN 0-06-087341-8)
 * "His Master's Voice" (Interzone 218, October 2008) available online
 * "Elegy for a Young Elk" (Subterranean, Spring 2010) available online

Collections

 * Words of Birth and Death (2006, Bloc Press), containing
 * "The Viper Blanket"
 * "Barley Child"
 * "Fisher of Men"

Novels

 * The Quantum Thief (2010, ISBN 978-0-575-08888-7)