Anssi Kullberg is a civil servant and writer born in Helsinki, Finland. He graduated from the University of Jyväskylä as Master of Social Sciences, and also studied in Lund, Tartu and Turku.
Since 2004, he has worked for the Finnish Foreign Service, serving in Damascus, Beirut, Addis Ababa, Kabul, Kyiv, Brussels and Islamabad, as well as in various departments of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, including work connected to humanitarian affairs, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
In addition to the Finnish Foreign Service, he has worked at the Directorate of Immigration, at a Security Intelligence Service and Ministry of Defence research project on radicalization and terrorism, and at the European External Action Service in policy planning and strategic foresight.
He has written or edited books in Finnish on ethnic minorities, political violence and terrorism. His books in English include The Wolf-Crier’s Diaries series and The Time of the Titans trilogy. He is also known as a keen enthusiast of nature and an avid birdwatcher.
