Xavier Waterkeyn


Xavier Waterkeyn is an Australian non-fiction and fiction writer and literary agent. He is the author of twenty-three books.

Biography

Waterkeyn was born in Argentina in 1965, of a Belgian father and Argentinean mother. His family moved to Sydney, Australia when he was three. He has worked in photography, film directing, acting, scriptwriting, editing and marketing. He has written a variety of books in both non-fiction and fiction genres. Waterkeyn is the co-founder of the Flying Pigs literary agency.

Work

Waterkeyn’s most commercially successful fiction works to date have been his Where’s …? collaborations with Australian illustrator Daniel Lalic, in particular Where’s Bin Laden in its various editions and incarnations, which provoked controversy and was removed from department store shelves following protests.
Waterkeyn’s most notable non-fiction work to date has been his editing and manuscript development work on The Gabriel Method, which has sold over 200,000 copies.

Books

Fiction