Kim Wilkins was born in 1970) in Australian. She is the author of several mass-market novels, including her debut horror novel, The Infernal (1997), which won Aurealis Awards for both horror and fantasy. Kim Wilkins was educated at the University of Queensland. 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 and currently lectures there in Creative Writing. 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. She made the finalist list for the Aurealis Awards in 2014 wiht her title Daughters of the Storm.