Kim Wilkins is an Australia

Australia

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n writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane

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, Queensland

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. She is the author of several mass-market novels, including her debut horror novel, The Infernal (1997), which won Aurealis Award

Aurealis Award

Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...

s for both horror and fantasy. She has been published in Australia, the US, the UK, France

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, Russia, Greece, Italy and Germany

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.

Her other supernatural thrillers include: Grimoire (1999), The Resurrectionists (2000), Angel of Ruin (2001), The Autumn Castle (2003), Giants of the Frost (2004), and Rosa and the Veil of Gold (2005). She is also the author of the Gina Champion mystery series for young adults (2000–2006) and the Fantastica Sunken Kingdom quartet for children (2006). She also writes general women's fiction as Kimberley Freeman.

Kim Wilkins was educated at the University of Queensland

University of Queensland

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. She has a first class honours degree in literature (1998), an MA (2000) and a PhD (2006). She was awarded the University Medal for academic achievement in 1998.

Adult fiction

• The Infernal
  The Infernal
  The Infernal is a 1997 horror/fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of musician whose fans keep turning up dead and who is having memories that don't belong to her.-Background:...
  
  (1997)
• Grimoire (1999)
• The Resurrectionists
  The Resurrectionists
  The Resurrectionists is a 2000 horror novel by Kim Wilkins. the story of Maisie Fielding who bored with her job and family returns to England to research her roots and her grandmother who is a 'white witch'.-Background:...
  
  (2000)
• Angel of Ruin
  Angel of Ruin
  Angel of Ruin is a 2001 horror novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of Sophie who in need of a good story to write decides a story on the occult even though she is a sceptic on rituals...
  
  (2001) (aka Fallen Angel)
• The Autumn Castle
  The Autumn Castle
  The Autumn Castle is a 2003 horror/fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of Christine Starlight who has strong memories of her childhood friend, Mayfridh. Mayfridh was then abducted by the king and queen of a Germanic faeryland and is now on the throne of the Autumn Castle...
  
  (2003)
• Giants of the Frost
  Giants of the Frost
  Giants of the Frost is a 2004 horror/fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of Victoria Scott who after accepting a job on an isolated island is visited by a hag in her nightmares and a sense of familiarity in the haunted forest...
  
  (2004)
• Rosa and the Veil of Gold (2005) (aka The Veil of Gold)
• Duet (2007), as Kimberley Freeman
• Gold Dust (2008), as Kimberley Freeman
• Wildflower Hill (2010), as Kimberley Freeman

Gina Champion

• Bloodlace (2001)
• Fireheart (2002)
• Moonstorm (2003)
• Witchsong (2005)
• Nightshade

The Sunken Kingdom

• Ghost Ship (2006)
• Tide Stealers (2006)
• Sorcerer of the Waves (2006)
• The Star Queen (2006)

Short fiction

• The House at Candle Grove (2000) in Spinouts Bronz
• Vanity’s Bewitchment (2000) in Difficult Love
• The Death of Pamela (2000) in Mystery, Magic, Voodoo & the Holy Grail (ed. Stephanie Smith, Julia Stiles)
• Dreamless (2008) in Remix My Lit
• The Forest (2009) in Year’s Best Fantasy
• Crown of Rowan (2010) in Australian Legends of Fantasy

External links

• About Kimberley at Kimberley Freeman - Official Website and Journal
• Kimberly Freeman Author's page at Simon & Schuster
  Simon & Schuster
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