Hannu Rajaniemi - Wikipedia

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 Finnish businessman and writer 
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 Hannu Rajaniemi Rajaniemi in 2011 Born ( 1978-03-09 ) 9 March 1978 (age 48) 
 Ylivieska , Finland Occupation Writer, entrepreneur Language English, Finnish Nationality Finnish Period 2003–present Genre Science fiction , fantasy 
 Hannu Rajaniemi (born 9 March 1978) is a Finnish American author and biotechnology entrepreneur. He has published literary works in science fiction and fantasy , and writes in both English and Finnish . He lives in Oakland , California. He is the founding director of a commercial research organisation ThinkTank Maths. [ 1 ] He cofounded the biotechnology company Helix Nano with Nikolai Eroshenko in 2013. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] 

 
 Early life

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 Rajaniemi was born in Ylivieska , Finland, in 1978. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Oulu , a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh . Prior to starting his PhD candidature, he completed his national service as a research scientist for the Finnish Defence Forces . [ 1 ] 

 While pursuing his PhD in Edinburgh, Rajaniemi joined Writers' Bloc, [ 4 ] a writers' group in Edinburgh that organizes semi-regular spoken word performances and counts Charlie Stross amongst its members.

 Career

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 Early works included his first published short story "Shibuya no Love" [ 5 ] 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. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 

 Rajaniemi gained attention in October 2008 when John Jarrold secured a three-book deal for him with Gollancz , [ 8 ] on the basis of only twenty-four double-spaced pages. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] 
His debut novel, The Quantum Thief , was published in September 2010 by Gollancz in Britain [ 10 ] and was published in May 2011 by Tor Books in the U.S. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The novel has been nominated for the 2011 Locus Award for Best First Novel . [ 13 ] A sequel, The Fractal Prince , was published in September 2012 by Gollancz in Britain, and in October 2012 by Tor in the U.S. [ 14 ] The third book in the series is called The Causal Angel , and was published in July 2014 by Gollancz in the U.K. and by Tor in the U.S. [ 15 ] 

 Rajaniemi has stated that the literary works of Jules Verne originally inspired both his career in science, as well as his science-fiction writing. [ 16 ] Other influences incl

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