Emmi Itäranta (born in 1976) is a Finnish author who writes fiction in Finnish and English. Her novels have been characterised as lyrical dystopias with strong ecological undercurrents. Itäranta’s award-winning debut novel Memory of Water (2014) has been translated into more than 20 languages and a film adaptation The Guardian of Water, premiered in 2022. The novel was shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Golden Tentacle Award as well as being included in the Otherwise Award honor list and among the finalists of Premio Salerno Libro d’Europa.

Itäranta has also published two other award-winning novels, The Weaver (US title) / The City of Woven Streets (UK title) (2016) and The Moonday Letters (Finnish edition, 2020). Prior to becoming a full-time author, Itäranta worked on and off as a freelance journalist, script reader, press officer and administrative assistant. She lived in the United Kingdom for 14 years before relocating back to Finland in 2021. She now lives in Tampere, Finland, and continues to write in two languages.