# Kieran Shea

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{{Short description|American science fiction writer}}
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'''Kieran James Shea''' (born 1965 in [Manasquan, New Jersey](/source/Manasquan%2C_New_Jersey)) is an author of [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) who lives in the United States.

He has published short fiction in ''[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine](/source/Ellery_Queen's_Mystery_Magazine)'', ''[Thuglit](/source/Thuglit)'', ''[Dogmatika](/source/Dogmatika)'' and ''[Crimefactory](/source/Crimefactory)''. Shea was twice nominated for the [storySouth](/source/storySouth) [Million Writers Award](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://kieranjamesshea.blogspot.com}}

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Category:People from Manasquan, New Jersey
Category:Writers from Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Category:American science fiction writers
Category:21st-century American short story writers
Category:21st-century American novelists

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