Kieran Shea

{{Short description|American science fiction writer}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} '''Kieran James Shea''' (born 1965 in Manasquan, New Jersey) is an author of science fiction who lives in the United States.

He has published short fiction in ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', ''Thuglit'', ''Dogmatika'' and ''Crimefactory''. Shea was twice nominated for the storySouth Million Writers Award.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Kieran Shea|url=http://www.tor.com/2014/06/11/the-pop-quiz-at-the-end-of-the-universe-kieran-shea/|accessdate=27 September 2015|work=Tor.com|date=11 June 2014}}</ref>

His first novel, the 2014 sci-fi thriller ''Koko Takes a Holiday'', was the first in a series about the ex-mercenary Koko Martstellar, and was followed by a sequel, ''Koko the Mighty'', in 2015. ''Publishers Weekly''{{'s}} review of ''Koko Takes a Holiday'' appreciated the "vigorous anarchic pulse" of Shea's narration, but considered that the story and setting, with its "many borrowed elements", held no surprises.<ref>{{cite news|title=Koko Takes a Holiday|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-78116-860-8|accessdate=27 September 2015|work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> The ''Library Journal''{{'}}s mention of the sequel noted its "well-developed characters and nonstop action".<ref>{{cite news|last1=McArdle|first1=Megan M.|last2=Moyer|first2=Jessica E.|title=Wilde's Debut of the Month, Garrison, Hobb, New Series Lineup - SF/Fantasy Reviews, July 2015|url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2015/07/books/genre-fiction/sf-fantasy/wildes-debut-of-the-month-garrison-hobb-new-series-lineup-sffantasy-reviews-july-2015/|accessdate=27 September 2015|work=Library Journal|date=9 July 2015|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928070639/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2015/07/books/genre-fiction/sf-fantasy/wildes-debut-of-the-month-garrison-hobb-new-series-lineup-sffantasy-reviews-july-2015/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Works==

===Novels=== ;Koko Martstellar series # ''Koko Takes a Holiday'', Titan Books (2014), {{ISBN|978-1-78116-860-8}} # ''Koko the Mighty'', Titan Books (2015), {{ISBN|978-1-78116-862-2}} # ''Koko Uncaged'', Titan Books (2018), {{ISBN|978-1-78565-374-2}}

;others # ''Off Rock'', Titan Books (2017), {{ISBN|978-1-78565-338-4}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{ISFDB name}} *{{official website|http://kieranjamesshea.blogspot.com}}

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