A.J. Ponder

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Best known locally for her Wellington classic, Wizard’s Guide to Wellington, A.J.Ponder is a USA Today Bestselling author, the recipient of the 2021 Wright-Murray Residency and winner of multiple awards including two Sir Julius Vogel Awards and joint winner of the NZSA NorthWrite 2013 Collaboration Contest.

USA Today bestselling author, A.J. Ponder lives in a hundred-year-old house overlooking Wellington harbour with two cats and a family obsessed with games, books and dungeons and dragons.

FREE stories

Dragon shifters, mages and the threat of deadly Fae. Free for people who sign up to my newsletter, and on your favourite e-retailer etc here

Zephyr and Dante Draki are dragon shifters. Their secret must never be divulged.

But when they’re out training a reckless young ice draki, they’re attacked by a mage with a vendetta, who bursts out of the forest on a Harley Davidson, shooting fireballs.

It’s only a distraction from what’s really going on. The game is about to get deadly as their life goes up in flames. Draki Twins is the prequel to the heart-pounding adventures in the Dragon Shifters’ Hoard young adult paranormal urban fantasy series.

If you love danger, magic, urban fantasy and dragon shifters, grab your your copy today.

The Secret Child free for people who sign up to my newsletter, and on your favourite e-retailer etc here (if it isn’t free on Amazon, please complain!) or pick up a copy from Ko-fi and the helpful people at Bookfunnel

Young Jonathan Goodfellow and his father set out to rescue children from slavers with the help of the Bairnsley University underground. Things go from bad to impossible when a raiding party of thurgles – huge giant-like creatures – and their hellhounds get there first. Then the Bairnsley University wizards fail to arrive. Will the Goodfellows save the children? Or will Jonathan become a slave himself?

Read The Secret Child today! The fate of the world depends on it…

An Affliction of Poetry

A.J. has never got the hang of blogging, despite having a blog and a site dedicated to poetry. Although, to be honest, it would be inadvisable to visit a poetry blog—in case you meet a stray Vogon. http://anafflictionofpoetry.blogspot.co.nz

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