Writer, Illustrator, Designer, Thing-maker

Kiera Docherty was born in Aberdeen in 1979 and grew up in the Scottish Borders.

She attended The University of Edinburgh from 1996 to 1999, studying History of Art and English Literature.

In 2003 she graduated from Edinburgh’s Telford College with a NC Art and Design and an HND In Illustration with Design.

She has worked with Borders Youth Theatre since 2005, devising and directing plays, and delivering drama workshops for children and young people. From 2008 to 2011 she worked as project manager for the Youth Theatre, while completing her literature degree with the Open University.

She graduated in 2011 with a BA in English Literature and a Diploma in Creative Writing. Her first poem was published a year later in New Writing Scotland 30. In 2014 her short story ‘Relay’ won first place in the Bloody Scotland Short Story Competition.

She has worked intermittently over the years for a variety of clients as an events promoter, project manager, freelance graphic designer, illustrator and graphic artist.

She enjoys computer games, The Cure, and long solitary walks in the woods.

Kiera currently lives in Edinburgh with her husband Grant, and their seven year old son

Born in Aberdeen and raised in the Scottish Borders. Lives in Edinburgh in a house full of boys and toy dinosaurs.