Xavier Waterkeyn

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| notableworks = Where's Bin Laden;
The Gabriel Method

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| relatives = André Waterkeyn (engineer)
Tristan Waterkeyn (musician)
Sarah Waterkeyn (floral designer and author)

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Xavier Waterkeyn (born 29 July 1965 in Argentina) 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.{{cite web|title=Xavier Waterkeyn – Bio |url=http://xavierwaterkeyn.com:80/bio/ |access-date=10 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418140337/http://xavierwaterkeyn.com/bio/ |archive-date=18 April 2012 }} His family moved to Sydney 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.{{cite web|title=88.9FM Radio Skid Row|url=http://actionbreaktheatre.blogspot.com.au/2006/07/889fm-radio-skid-row.html|access-date=16 April 2012}}

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.{{cite web|title=Where's Bin Laden? Metro.co.uk|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/22483-wheres-bin-laden|access-date=16 April 2012}}

Waterkeyn's most notable non-fiction work to date has been his editing and manuscript development work on The Gabriel Method,{{cite web|title=Sydney Unleashed – Where's Elvis |url=http://www.sydneyunleashed.com/whereselvis.html |access-date=16 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421000848/http://www.sydneyunleashed.com/whereselvis.html |archive-date=21 April 2012 }} which has sold over 200,000 copies.{{cite web|title=Flourish Magazine: Shape Shifting – Menopause and Weight Gain|url=http://www.flourishmag.com/articles/shape-shifting---menopause-and-weight-gain.html|access-date=23 March 2012}}