Pip Ballantine

About Pip Ballantine

Pip Ballantine is a pen name used by Philippa Ballantine. She is a contemporary New Zealand author known for writing speculative fiction. She is also an avid podcaster. Pip currently resides in Manassas, Virginia. She resides there with Tee Morris, her husband and collaborator. The Curse of the Silver Pharaoh is the first book in the Verity Fitzroy and the Ministry Seven series by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris. If you have been looking for new creative and innovative fiction to enjoy, look no further and check this book out! Main character Verity Fitzroy constantly loses herself in magical mechanizations and the fantastical science of London while also keeping secrets over the death of her parents, a mystery she can’t leave alone, and of her power over machinery that excites and terrifies