Kestral Gaian

Kestral Gaian is a best-selling author and award-winning writer working across poetry, fiction, theatre, and for screen and radio. Their work explores identity, connection, and queer liberation, moving fluidly between the emotional, the political, and the digital.

Drawn to the quiet moments that reveal something deeper, Kestral balances wit with defiance, and softness with a quietly burning rage. There is a fondness for the unspoken, the sidelong glance, and the detail that says far more than it should, all underpinned by a belief that stories ought to make us feel seen, and perhaps a little less alone.