Kieran Shipley

Hi, I'm Kieran Shipley, author of middle-grade and young adult fantasy, and the artist behind your next slight exhale through the nose (because you read a funny line on the train and can't laugh out loud for fear of death by embarrassment).

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About me

I am a children’s writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. I love dogs, pirates, and dogs who are pirates. I'm still looking for that last one.

At a certain point in time, I began existing, and at another point in time, I started writing books. You can read an extremely small percentage of how that all came to be on my about me page. Just click the button below!

Books

The rectangular imaginings of me, delivered straight to your noggin via the magic of reading.

Proceed with caution, books may contain some or all of the following:

  • Wizards that aren’t wizards

  • Pirates that are pirates

  • Koalas with attitude

  • Heroes that just can’t help getting in trouble

  • The end of the world as we know it

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Literary representation

I’m represented by the incredible Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Literary!

If you’d like to get in touch with Kaitlyn, you can contact her at kaitlyn@bradfordlit.com.

Contact Me

So you have thoughts? Ones you think I’d be interested in? Well, why not put that theory to the test through the power of email?