Our Published Authors

Nikky Lee is an award-winning author who grew up as a barefoot 90s kid in Perth, Western Australia on Whadjuk Noongar Country. She now lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with a husband, a dog and a couch potato cat. 

In her free time, she writes speculative fiction, exploring fantastic worlds, mine asteroids and meeting wizards. She's had over two dozen stories published in magazines, anthologies and on the radio.

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•  Dingo & Sister won the Best Young Adult Short Story and the Best Fantasy Novella categories in 2020. 
• In 2021, she received a Ditmar Award for Best New Talent. 
• Nikky’s debut novel The Rarkyn's Familiar won the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel, three 2022 Indie Ink Awards, Bronze in Young Adult Fiction at the 2022 Foreward INDIES Book of the Year Awards, and was a finalist in the 2022 Aurealis Awards for Best Young Adult Novel.

A psychologist once told Ada Maria Soto that she has a fantasy- prone personality. Fortunately, Ada grew up to become an author, so a life lived deep in her imagination fits her perfectly. As a Mexican-American expat living in the South Pacific with her partner and kid, her life is chaotically divided between being a writer, a publisher, and a parent.  

Ada has written some of the most beloved stories in the M/M romance genre despite her harried and haggard schedule, starting with the Empty Nests duology in 2015, which is as well known for her wonderful descriptions of cooking as for the contemporary romance between men who come from very different worlds.  

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• Ada has published many novels in the M/M Romance genre
• In 2016 she tied with herself for second place in the 2016 Koru Awards with Empty Nests and Bowerbirds

Graci Kim is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Last Fallen Star, The Last Fallen Moon, and The Last Fallen Realm. Called a “sparkling yarn” by Entertainment Weekly and featured in TIME Magazine for Kids.

In a previous life, Graci was a New Zealand diplomat, a cooking show host, and once ran a business that turned children’s drawings into cuddly toys. She lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with her husband and daughter. 

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•  Her Korean mythology-inspired trilogy has been optioned by the Disney Channel for a live-action television series
• It has been translated into multiple languages.
• 2021 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Children’s Book
• Amazon Best Book
• Barnes & Noble Young Reader Pick
• Whitcoulls Kids Top 50
• In 2022, Graci was awarded the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best New Talent.  

Tim Owen has published hundreds of articles as a humour and travel writer in South Africa and in 2010 published his debut novel, Aaron Bradley, Closet Detective, through US based publisher Dreamspinner Press

In 2013 he published his psycho-thriller, The Killing Cycle, and in 2015 his YA novel, Frank. He has also published several self-help books.

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• Debut novel published in 2010
• Started the Northshore Writers Group in 2017 and grew membership to almost 700 members
• Is currently working on a humour sci-fi adventure

 Frances Denny is an associate member of the Society of Authors in both the UK and New Zealand. She writes upper-YA/NA paranormal romance and is signed with Kate Davids at Arc Literary Management. 

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• After negotiating with a few competing agents, Frances has selected Arc Literary Management to represent her. 
• My Boyfriend Beelzebub has been shortlisted for the 2023 Page Turner Awards

Watch this space for further updates on her quirky Novel, My Boyfriend Beelzebub.