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Kira Jane Buxton (born October 21, 1981) is an American writer and humorist. Buxton describes her debut novel as "a love letter to the natural world", and uses anthropomorphism and themes of environmentalism to move her readers to care about animals and the environment. Her debut novel was sold to AMC Networks for its first animated TV series, was selected as an Indie Next pick, an has been translated to several languages.

Early Life
Buxton has always been an animal lover. As a child growing up in Dubai, she loved to tell stories, and perform theater on stage. Buxton's first job was as a volunteer at a zoo in Indonesia. After finishing school at St. Clare's, Oxford, she moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

Career
Buxton lived in Los Angeles for 10 years focusing on her acting career; a period of time which she describes as an "absolute disaster" and a "comedy of errors" where she experienced a lot of rejection. Buxton and her husband moved from Los Angeles to Seattle to be closer to trees. There, she became fascinated by crows and ended up befriending two wild crows that she spends time with daily.

After years of professional rejection, Buxton had her first writing breakthrough in early 2016 with her first humorous article submission being published with McSweeney's. In the following years, she published over 40 articles (mostly humor), at 20 different online and print publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker , and McSweeney's.

Buxton wrote three humorous mystery novels that never reached publishing.

Buxton's debut novel, Hollow Kingdom, was published in 2019 with Grand Central Publishing and selected as an Indie Next pick of the month. Hollow Kingdom was also chosen for several 2019 "Best Books of the Year" lists, including Good Housekeeping, Book Riot, and NPR. In 2020, Hollow Kingdom was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Audie Awards, and the Washington State Book Awards.

In 2021, Buxton's second novel, Feral Creatures was published also with Grand Central Publishing.

Honors and Awards
Hollow Kingdom Feral Creatures
 * Indie Bound Indie Next Pick August 2019
 * Good Housekeeping Best Books of 2019
 * Book Riot Best Books of 2019
 * NPR Best Books of 2019
 * Thurber Prize for American Humor (finalist)
 * Washington State Book Awards (finalist)
 * Audie Awards (finalist)
 * Indie Bound Indie Next Pick August 2019