Tim Bird is a writer, editor and award-winning photographer with dual British and Finnish citizenship. His published works include A Baltic Odyssey, Suomenlinna – Islands of Light, and Living in Finland (co-authored with Ingalil Snitt). He contributes to various publications such as BBC Travel, The Independent, the Daily Telegraph, Finnair’s Blue Wings and Hidden Compass. Originally from southeast England, he now lives in Helsinki.

‘Packed full of personal anecdote and rich in observation, this is a book that delves deeper into Finnish culture. Tim Bird’s astute observation and gentle humour come from an obvious love of his adopted home country. Warm and witty, with just the right amount of wacky, Happy Land has me plotting my own Finnish adventure’