Gülsevin Kıral

She was born in Eskişehir in 1959. After graduating from Boğaziçi University’s Economy department, she began to work for banking industry. In 2008, her narrative poems named “Evvel Zaman İçinde” and “Ablamı Nereye Kaçırdılar (2016)” won awards and these works turned into a book named When Fleas were Barbers and Camels were Brokers (Berber Pire Tellal Deve) published by Günışığı Kitaplığı. After Posta Kutumdan Sihir Çıktı (2006) she wrote two funny children’s stories close to mystery stories named “Gizli Silahın Formülü Hangi Zarfta?” and “Ağaçlar Yemek Yapar mı?”. These two children’s stories were awarded as 2006 Sulhi Dölek Award winner by IBBY Turkey. Günışığı Kitaplığı gathered these two award winning stories together in a book named In Which Envelope is the Secret Formula? (Gizli Formül Hangi Zarfta?, 2007). Her traditional jokes and tales-based book When Fleas were Barbers and Camels were Brokers (Berber Pire Tellal Deve, 2008) was also awarded as IBBY Turkey Children’s Books Design of the Year 2008 with a highly respect to Mustafa Delioğlu’s adorable illustrations. She has a series “Ömer Alwayssolves Detective Agency” (Ömer Hepçözer Dedektiflik Bürosu) which includes two books named They are Stealing Istanbul! (İstanbul’u Çalıyorlar!, 2010) and Stolen City (Çalınan Kent, 2014). “Ömer Alwayssolves” series tells a lot about major monuments and historical details of Istanbul. Kıral’s The Hope Street Kids (Umut Sokağı Çocukları, 2015) tells us realities of refugees’ life from perspective of children; and Up Against the Troublesome Four (Belalı Dörtlüye Karşı, 2017) shows us the power of children classmates when they’re united against bullying. Her latest book Pretty Kitty Whiffy Kitty (Sarımsaklanır mı Kedi?, 2019) intends to introduce children to traditional jokes and tales by telling narrative poems. Kıral lives in İstanbul with her husband and she has two sons.

All Books By This Author

2nd edition

Sarımsaklanır mı Kedi?

PRETTY KITTY WHIFFY KITTY
Gülsevin Kıral
6th edition

Belalı Dörtlü’ye Karşı

Up Against the Troublesome Four
Gülsevin Kıral
7th edition

Umut Sokağı Çocukları

The Hope Street Kids
Gülsevin Kıral
11th edition

Çalınan Kent

Stolen City
Gülsevin Kıral
11th edition

Berber Pire Tellal Deve

When Fleas were Barbers and Camels were Brokers
Gülsevin Kıral
20th edition

Gizli Formül Hangi Zarfta!

In Which Envelope Is The Secret Formula?
Gülsevin Kıral
28th edition

İstanbul’u Çalıyorlar!

They Are Stealing Istanbul!
Gülsevin Kıral

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28th edition

İstanbul’u Çalıyorlar!

They Are Stealing Istanbul!
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