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Mary jane Lumijarvi Caraker
Born in 1929, Mary Jane Lumijarvi is the granddaughter of Finnish immigrants who
settled near Astoria, Oregon. She grew up in a rural Finnish-American community,
and attended Willamette University, the University of Oregon, and San Francisco
State University. She holds a BA and an MA degree in English Literature.
Mary was married in 1957 to Edward Emmett Caraker, and was widowed in
1989. She has taught in secondary schools, and now works as a freelance writer.
She is most often anthologized as a science fiction writer. She lives in California.
Publications-Fiction
Seven Words. Signet, 1986.
Watersong. Questar Science Fiction, Warner Books, 1987.
The Faces of Ceti. Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Growing Up Soggy, Sampo Press, 1995.
Elina, Mistress of Laukko: A Novel. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1997.
The Snows of Jaspre. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Tales of the Lumipaikka. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2000.
Women of the Kalevala: Stories Based on the Great Finnish Epic. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1996.
"How Toivo Saved the World." Connecting Souls: Finnish Voices in North American. Varpu Lindstrom and Borje Vahamaki, editors. Beaverton, Ontario, Canada: Aspasia Books, 2000.
Publications-Nonfiction
Growing up Soggy: A Novel. New Brighton, MN: Sampo Publishing, 1995. Second printing 1996.
Book Reviews
A Story of Three: Elina Mistress of Laukko By Beth L. Virtanen
Mary Lumijarvi Caraker’s Elina, Mistress of Laukko, is a story of three women, Elina a young woman of medieval Finland; Lily of modern day America, and Gran Kinnunen, Lily’s grandmother. The tripartite tale is held together through the consciousness of Lily, the modern woman who, in the text, is writing the story of Elina while staying with her grandmother.