Dr. Tuula Pere is a Ph.D. in Law, former senior business executive, author, and the founder and co-owner of Wickwick Ltd. She was born in 1958 and lives in Helsinki, Finland. She is married and a mother of three.

Tuula Pere has written and published over 40 children’s books which have been translated into several languages, including French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Slovenian and Romanian. She has worked together with some 20 illustrators, both domestic and international, and a group of translators and editors of Wickwick books.

Tuula Pere has performed and given speeches at schools, seminars, book fairs, libraries, and illustration exhibitions in Finland and Sweden. As a Doctor in Law and a children’s author, she has often focused on the role of children’s literature in society. Some performances have dealt with power, environment, generations, poverty, and other social issues.

Earlier Tuula Pere has worked as a lawyer and as a senior executive in marketing and corporate communications in several large international industrial companies – e.g., Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Metsä-Serla Plc/M-Real Plc; Vice President, Corporate Communications, Alko Group Ltd/Altia Group Ltd; Marketing Director, Business Area Medical, Oy AGA Ab; Company Lawyer, Oy Wärtsilä Ab.