About

Formal Bio (English)

Keefe R.D is an Indonesian author, known for her gothic fantasy series Royal Arcanum, and horror trilogy Kembang Sukmo. She has published numerous books on mystical themes. Since childhood, she’s been familiar with an otherworldly imagination. Her favorite things are all about supernatural and spiritual themes. You can visit her online at http://www.keeferd.wordpress.com or Instagram @keefe_rd

Tentang Penulis (Indonesia)

Keefe R.D adalah seorang penulis Indonesia, yang dikenal dengan serial fantasi gotik Royal Arcanum, dan trilogi horor Kembang Sukmo. Ia telah menerbitkan banyak buku bertema mistik. Sejak kecil, ia sudah akrab dengan imajinasi dunia lain. Hal favoritnya seputar dunia supernatural dan spiritual. Kunjungi blog penulis untuk informasi selengkapnya: http://www.keeferd.wordpress.com atau Instagram @keefe_rd

Personal Introduction

Hello, my name’s Keefe R.D. I’m an Indonesian author. I wrote books in English and Indonesian language. I love the aesthetic way in telling stories, mostly about the life in parallel universe. Books I’m interested to read are mostly about spiritual and supernatural stuff.

I’ve been living in Indonesia for my whole life with my family. I inherited half European blood from my mom. And pure-blooded Javanese from both my parents. I graduated from Mercu Buana University as a bachelor of communication, specifically I enrolled in broadcasting major.

I love to spend my time with reading books, watching interesting movies and series. Mostly are supernatural genre related. I’m a big fan of superstitious and occultic stuff!! I love mysterious stories and legends. Always captivated me to learn something secretive. Especially the mystic things that are hiding in a plan sight. ^^

I’ve been writing books since 2012. It was around my second semester in college. I was about 17, soon to be 18. The first book that I wrote is called Royal Arcanum. But at the time, I haven’t given much thought about the title. It was called Fallen Stars at first. Since it was my first experience ever! And no one taught me how to write a book, especially when it came to fantasy, aye… I had a difficulty for understanding what was going on between my mind and my reality. It was like buzzing voices and visions turmoiled at once. Then boom—! After three months of struggling and chaotic anxiety took over me, the book was born. But it wasn’t perfect. There was a lot of things that missing. And of course, it took several years to create the right manifestation of this grand story of Royal Arcanum, which was perfected in 2022.

Because of the chaotic trial and error process at the time, Royal Arcanum wasn’t my debut. Instead, The Salt Prejudice was much easier to be written. I spent only three days of writing and total seven days to revised and prepared for the publication. So, that anthology short stories and poetry became my debut in 2016. And during that time, I had to divide my focus. I was super hectic preparing for my thesis and college graduation. But it all went well!

Most of the books I wrote are set in alternate reality (perhaps, who knows?). And mostly has the touch of fantasy and supernatural. Some books even have darker shades and gothic vibe. And only a few that have cheerful tone. Like my first romcom book for instance, Write A Prisoner. The story is dominated by the yellowish vibe. I didn’t want to get stuck only with one genre! So, I love to have open experience to all things. Because the world is filled with so much colors. ^^

But so far, the hardest to write for me is still The Arcanum Revelation series. I grow up and learn so many things with them. And I hope to learn more about the mysterious of life. There are sides of this universe that we haven’t yet discovered. And I’m sure the books in this series will teach us a lot of that. And I think this is all my intro for now. 😊

Sincerely,

Keefe R.D