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Welcome.

I've been writing for a long time now... sadly, this is the first time that I've had a proper website!

"Only because that silver-tongued fairy dragon keeps dragging you away from building it."
"Yes, I know Stardust. Go distract SB with him for me, would you?"
"Okay. I have an idea in mind, I just need to find some cardboard..."
"NO! Anything but Cardboard Crafting... oh blippin' 'eck, she ignored me."

Ahem, sorry about that. As I was saying, this is where you can find most of the information you might need about me... 

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Biography

Teigr Books & Designs is one woman's attempt to do all her favourite things every day, forever!

The Background

I started out as another wanna-be author, writing mildly chilly horror stories, sword and sorcery adventures, poetry and children's rhyming stories. When the self publishing scene opened up, I'd had several stories published through various online webzines, and had just signed with a small publishing company. Two years after that, and two more small publishers, and I decided to go indie.

I published through Smashwords & Amazon KDP to begin with, but settled with Draft 2 Digital & Lulu in the end. I use Kira Morgana and A. E. Churchyard predominantly.

Of course, the rest of my life wasn't exactly static - I had children, their social life, two cats and a Life Partner to deal with. I did a college course in Art & Design then a PGCE to become a Teacher. The teacher stuff brought me back to my love of design and crafting (can't grow up with an ADHD crafter mother without learning to love design and crafting) so I started designing and making Jewellery and sculpting polymer clay. This grew into setting up an Etsy shop... and Teigr Books & Designs was born.

The Pen Names

Kira Morgana is what happens when I think "What if...". It's mostly pure fantasy imagination, tempered with occasional science.  The Books range from Children's Rhyming Stories (Pure Fantasy) and D&D inspired stories (High Fantasy) to Alternate Earth stories that use actual science theories as part of the world building (Soft SF). 

A. E. Churchyard is Urban Fantasy. It's how I let my Gothic side roam free. It's normally set in an contemporary alternate earth, and you can expect a lot more horror / supernatural / paranormal aspects. Werewolves, and other shifters abound. Vampires happen a lot, as do various other monsters. 

Elizabeth C. Ward is Steampunk / Soft SF. This is a new area that I am exploring, so it's still evolving. The first book of the Clocks & Crystals series, "Teacups & Time Travel",  will be out in 2026.

E. C. Ward is my main SF books. The first book of the Terrene Empire Series, "Cosmic Shadows", will be out late 2026. 

Mandy E. Ward  will be my Graphic Novels and illustrated children's books. The actual books are still under development at the moment.

Teigr Books & Designs Ko-Fi – https://ko-fi.com/mandyeward
Teigr Books & Designs Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/c/teigr_books_8_designs/posts
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Other Information

If you want to engage me for an event or a workshop, please contact me via the form below.

Here's a snapshot of what I can offer:

  • School-based Creative Writing workshops - I enjoy working with children from the age of 9 upwards. Subjects can include basic rhyming skills, comic design, or simple character design and world-building.
  • Adult Creative Writing - I focus on the creative aspects of writing: world-building, character design, Plot design, etc. Themes can be tailored to the group's interests, and I am open to working with adults who have learning difficulties such as Dyslexia. I can work with small groups of interested adults from the age of 18 upwards.

I love to attend events as an Author - I'm able to talk about any of my books and/or series. I could, for example, cover the process of writing the "Kitsune Tails" series, which required a lot of research into Japanese folklore. Or if you prefer, I can tailor my talk to the event. I have combined a variety of genres in my books, including alternative world, historical fiction, shifters & vampire fiction, soft science fiction, Children's Rhyming stories, High Fantasy... Or I can just talk about whichever book is due out next!


Contact

Hi!

Welcome to my contact page. Of course, you can also contact me via social media, but if you want a more direct contact, feel free to send me a message here.

Thanks for visiting.

M. E. Ward
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