Samuli Laiho (born 1969 in Tampere) is a Finnish guitarist, songwriter, composer and author. He was a member of the band Hearthill in the late 1980s.

Laiho’s first novel ”Topliner” ”LIKE-kustannus”, was published in 2018. It is a story of a jazzpianist, who struggles to survive in tough music-business.

In his second book ”Lasiseinä”, (LIKE-kustannus), Laiho walks the reader to his childhood in Helsinki suburb, his single mothers alcoholism and early death.

it is also a story of facing the past and healing.

In 2021 a thriller ”Sielun Palomies” (LIKE-kustannus) was published. It started a series of thrillers called ”Deadly Sins”.