Kim Wilkins
Author of Wildflower Hill
About the Author
Kim Wilkins was born in London, England on December 22, 1970. She received a first class honours degree in literature in 1998, an MA in 2000, and a PhD in 2006 from the University of Queensland. She received the University Medal for academic achievement in 1998 and currently lectures there in show more creative writing. Her first novel, The Infernal, was published in 1997 and won Aurealis Awards for both horror and fantasy. Her other works include Grimoire, The Resurrectionists, Angel of Ruin, The Autumn Castle, Giants of the Frost, and Rosa and the Veil of Gold. She is also the author of the Gina Champion mystery series for young adults and the Fantastica Sunken Kingdom quartet for children. She writes general women's fiction under the name Kimberley Freeman. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Kim Wilkins
The Forest 3 copies
The Dragonbone Chair 1 copy
The Death of Pamela 1 copy
Wild Dreams of Blood 1 copy
Associated Works
Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 92 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Wilkins, Kim
- Other names
- Freeman, Kimberley
- Birthdate
- 1970-12-22
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Education
- University of Queensland (BA - Literature, MA Creative Writing, PhD - Creative Writing)
- Occupations
- novelist
lecturer (Creative Writing) - Organizations
- University of Queensland
- Awards and honors
- Romantic Book of the Year Award
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Five star books (1)
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Faerie Mythology (1)
Read in 2016 (1)
Ghosts (1)
Off on a Quest (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 42
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 2,691
- Popularity
- #9,546
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 123
- ISBNs
- 278
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 7
It kept tantalizing me by hinting that it would be a sort of Norse ghost/horror story, and while there was a little of that; the dual love stories completely eclipsed the horror story. And I'm at a place where I just can't be bothered to care about straight people's love stories, even if one of the lovers is the son of Odin.
I finished it and if something else by Kim Wilkins finds it's way to me, I may read it as long as there's an absence of sappy love story.… (more)