Eva lis wuorio biography books

Finnish-Canadian children's writer

Eva-Lis Wuorio (12 November 1918^[1] – 1988 in Ruovesi) was a Finnish-born writer. She was born in Viipuri, Finland and her family emigrated to Canada, where she was educated. She later moved to the Channel Islands. She wrote principally for children and young adults.

Bibliography

• Return of the Viking, Eau Claire, Wisconsin: E. M. Hale and Company, 1955
• The Canadian Twins (illustrated by Biro), Jonathan Cape, 1956
• The Island of Fish in the Trees (illustrated by Edward Ardizzone), Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1962
• The Woman with the Portuguese Basket, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963
• The Land of Right Up and Down (illustrated by Edward Ardizzone), Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1964
• The Terror Factor, New York: Lancer Books, 1965
• Tal and the Magic Barruget (illustrated by Bettina), Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1965
• Z for Zaborra, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965
• October Treasure, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966
• Midsummer Lok

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Eva-Lis Wuorio (b. Viipuri, Karelia, Finland, 12 November 1917*;  d. Ruovesi, a small town near Tampere, Finland, 1988)
**Updated 23 January 2021**

Eva-Lis Wuorio (the name is pronounced “A-va-lees Worry-oh”) emigrated from Finland to Canada in 1930 when she was thirteen.  According to naturalization records, her full name was Eva-Lis Maria Wuorio, and that of her mother, Gertrude Eva Emilia Wuorio (maiden name Pennanen von Timberg). They settled in Toronto, where her mother worked as a housekeeper. Her father’s name was Bruno Leonard Henrik Wuorio. Eva-Lis attended schools in Finland, Sweden, Canada and Switzerland. 
Wuorio in Ibiza, early 1960s


Viipuri (now Vyborg, in Russia) is an ancient walled city by the Gulf of Finland near the border between Finland and Russia. It has changed hands a number of times in history; most recently it was taken over by the Soviet Union during World War II. From her childhood in Viipuri Wuorio retained a love of being near the sea, and this influenced her later travels and her choice of residence on various islands, the settings of some of her books.
Wuorio became a reporter and columnist for the Toronto Evening Telegram, and the Toronto Globe and Mail, and later an assistant edito