Petri Peltonen

Petri Peltonen asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I've notived you have characters with Finnish names popping up in your various books, Captain Tuomonen in Komarr being one. Have you some connection with Finland?

Lois McMaster Bujold Mostly I'd been just trying to select the Barrayaran ethnic names in ways that reflected or hinted at the varied regional origins of the Firsters, but I did have a quite wonderful trip to Finland for a convention some years back.

(This name selection process has been much aided by the arrival of the internet, so I'm not limited anymore to ideas gleaned from my local phone book.)

Ta, L.

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