Designer, Art Director, and Writer
Based in Oregon, US
Kira earned her BFA in Communication Design from the University of North Texas, before going on to work as a designer and art director. She currently works as a visual designer at Wyld.
Some of her favorite TV shows include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Game of Thrones, Dark, and Madmen. In Adult Fiction and Fantasy, she especially loves Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, Masters of Death by Olivie Blake, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, and Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid, among many others.
Her design portfolio can be found at kirabruner.net, and information about her completed manuscripts can be found below. To contact Kira, please use the contact form linked at the bottom of the page.
Nora and the Nightmare King– Middle Grade Speculative
– School Setting
– Found Family
– Facing Fears, Loss, and Grief
Excerpt from Chapter 7
“At that moment, the wooden floors outside the office creaked, followed by the soft shuffling of sock-covered feet. Nora blew out all the candles until the only light that was left was a sliver of moonlight slicing through the window.”
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Illustrations by Savannah Lazo
Small Things– Adult Speculative
– Contemporary
– Grimm Retelling
– Mid-twenties Protaganist
Excerpt from Chapter 7
“She should quit her job, run far away from this house, and leave all of Sulli’s family drama and his weird, serial killer-like hobbies behind, but she wasn’t going to do any of that, because if Sulli’s books were his obsession, he was hers.”
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Familiar Ground– High Fantasy
– Multiple POV
– LGBTQ+ Representation
– Witches and Familiars
Excerpt from Chapter 2
“It was autumn and the snow had not yet begun to fall. She longed for the winter, for the quiet snowy nights, spiked apple cider garnished with cloves and cinnamon sticks, and for the scary stories that were often shared around the warmth of a roaring fire.”
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