Keisha Petersen
Keisha Petersen has been one of our shining stars since we first opened the studio in 2019. She is an outdoors girl who loves riding motorbikes and camping in the bush. She is also a gifted writer with a strong eye for detail and a passionate interest in film production. We can't wait to see what she'll do next.
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  • Orphaned
    by Keisha Petersen As I crept around in the shadows with the cars just a couple of metres away, I knew they would find me. All I could do was stay hidden.  “Hey kid, need a ride?” A car had pulled off the road and the window was down.  I looked up at the sky. It was black but there was a faint moon.  I turned back to the car, where a man was looking at me. I suppose I ...
  • Trees
    by Keisha Petersen In a small town in America there was a school, and in Class 5 at that school there was a girl whose name was Emily, but everyone called her ‘The Mysterious One’ because she was so mysterious. The whole class was heading out to a campsite, where they were going to camp for a couple of nights. Emily had to share a tent with a boy who was very silly. In the middle of the night, he ...
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Keisha's work features in three of our Talented Kids anthologies. Her published short stories include:

  • Trees
  • Pixle and the Map
  • Finding Your Destiny
  • Orphaned

She has also published various haiku and tanka poems.

Visit our bookshop
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  • Orphaned
    by Keisha PetersenAs I crept around in the shadows with the cars just a couple of metres away, I knew they would find me. All I could do was stay hidden. “Hey kid, need a ride?” A car had pulled off the road and the window was down. I looked up at the sky. It was black but there was a faint moon. I turned back to the car, where a man was looking at me. I suppose I did look a little ...
  • Trees
    by Keisha Petersen In a small town in America there was a school, and in Class 5 at that school there was a girl whose name was Emily, but everyone called her ‘The Mysterious One’ because she was so mysterious. The whole class was heading out to a campsite, where they were going to camp for a couple of nights. Emily had to share a tent with a boy who was very silly. In the middle of the night, he ...
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Keisha's work features in three of our Talented Kids anthologies. Her published short stories include:

  • Trees
  • Pixle and the Map
  • Finding Your Destiny
  • Orphaned

She has also published various haiku and tanka poems.

Visit our bookshop