Author • Turkish literature

Hacer Kılcıoğlu

She was born in Alaşehir, Manisa. She worked as an English teacher. Being a passionate traveler, she collected her childhood and youth memories in Ben Eskiden Çocuktum (2003) and Jale’yle Konuşmak (2006). Her first children’s novel I Love Thursdays (Perşembeleri Çok Severim, 2009) is followed by a young adult novel titled We Were Three Children in İzmir(İzmir’de Üç Çocuktuk – Sezen, Haluk, Meltem, 2010) based on the memories of three famous Turkish artists raised in the same neighbourhood. This book (designed by Huban Korman) received IBBY Turkey’s 2010 Best Children’s Book Design Award. After her entertaining children’s novel Today My Name Is Cactus (Bugün Adım Kaktüs Benim, 2011) Kılcıoğlu compiled her children’s stories bearing the traces of her journeys to several countries in her book named The Moon is Everywhere (Aydede Her Yerde, 2012) and the book received Best Story Book of 2012 Award of IBBY Turkey. The following year, she portrayed the life struggles of a young bagel seller in The Bagel Seller (Gevrekçiii, 2013). In Top Ten Kids (On Numara Çocuklar, 2014), she brought together the beloved protagonists of her earlier three books. After her novel The Mountain Calls (Dağ Sustu Dağ Konuştu, 2015) for young adults, she gathered her children’s stories reminiscent of sky in her story book Look at the Sky (Havaya Bak, 2017). Her novel Basement Broadcast (Radyo Pencere, 2019) is built on surprises fueled by children’s curiosity and imagination, while Good Day Pharmacy (İyi Günler Eczanesi, 2021) unfolds through joyful reunions. After Keep Pedaling Luna (Bas Pedala Luna, 2023), about a mother and daughter lost on a cycling trip in Kosovo, she wrote Pocketful of Chickpeas (Leb Demeden Leblebi, 2025), a children’s novel that offers a taste of time travel. Kılcıoğlu lives in İzmir; she has a daughter and a son.