Kim Falconer

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}File:Kim Falconer.jpgKim Falconer (born 1954 in Santa Cruz, California) is an Australian author of YA and adult Speculative Fiction, living in New South Wales. She grew up on the once family-owned Wilder Ranch,[http://www.californiareiki.com/Articles/00237/Kim_Falconer_with_colt_Storm.aspx California Reiki] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920011405/http://www.californiareiki.com/Articles/00237/Kim_Falconer_with_colt_Storm.aspx |date=20 September 2012 }}: Interview with Kim Falconer Retrieved 15 August 2011 and emigrated to Australia in 1981. Active as a professional writer of fantasy since 2009,[http://www.harpercollins.com.au/authors/50025997/Kim_Falconer/index.aspx Kim Falconer]: HarperCollins Publishers Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2011 her two series with Harpercollins Australia are Quantum Enchantment and Quantum Encryption.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/cr-109296/kim-falconer/|title=Kim Falconer {{!}} Harper Collins Australia|website=Harper Collins Australia|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-05-05}} Her latest urban fantasy was published by Harlequin Books Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harlequinbooks.com.au/author/kim-falconer|title=Harlequin Books: Kim Falconer|website=harlequinbooks.com.au|access-date=2016-05-05}} Falconer has written a new, three book YA series under the pen name of [http://akwilder.com/ A. K. Wilder] - coming out 5 January 2021 with Entangled Teen{{Cite web|url=http://www.entangledteen.com/|title=Entangled Teen|website=Entangled Teen|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-24}} in the USA.

Falconer trains in Iaido, the Japanese sword, to better choreograph her fight scenes.{{cite web|last=California Reiki|title=Hara: Author Kim Falconer on Iaido and The Way of the Peaceful Warrior – The Art of the Samurai|url=http://www.californiareiki.com/Articles/Article_00237_Hara_Kim_Falconer_on_Iaido_and_The_Way_of_The_Peaceful_Warrior_The_Art_of_the_Samurai.aspx|work=California Reiki Website|publisher=The One Center|accessdate=19 August 2011}} She claims that each of her stories begins with a grain of truth.[http://voyagerblog.com.au/2011/04/04/how-to-write-what-you-don%E2%80%99t-know/ Kim Falconer's How to Write What You Don't Know]: Voyager Online. Retrieved 15 August 2011 Falconer is also an astrologer, running [http://goodvibeastrology.com/ GoodVibeAstrology.com]{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodvibeastrology.com/|title=GoodVibeAstrology.com|last=GoodVibeAstrology.com|website=goodvibeastrology.com|access-date=2016-05-05}} and has completed a Master of Arts degree in writing from Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne Australia in 2014. She was awarded the 2014 Top Graduate Prize for highest achieving graduate in the Master of Arts (Writing), the 2014 Top Student in a Unit Prize for PWR70003 Script Adaptation: Stage, Screen and Multimedia, and the 2014 Top Student in a Unit Prize for PWR80001 Critical and Creative Practices: The Writerly Identity.{{Cite web|url=https://swinburne.academia.edu/KimFalconer|title=Kim Falconer {{!}} Swinburne University of Technology - Academia.edu|website=swinburne.academia.edu|access-date=2016-05-05}}{{cite web|last=Falconer|first=Kim|title=About Kim Falconer|url=http://www.falconastrology.com/about_kim_falconer.htm|accessdate=15 August 2011}} She writes young adult fiction under the pen name A. K. Wilder.{{Cite web|url=http://akwilder.com|title=AKWilder|website=AKWilder|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-23}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.entangledteen.com/authors/|title=Our Authors|date=2012-08-17|work=Entangled Teen|access-date=2018-03-23|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/67142196-crown-of-bones|title=Crown of Bones|website=goodreads.com|access-date=2019-10-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://countdownsbyerin.com/entangled/crown-of-bones-by-a-k-wilder/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024011733/https://countdownsbyerin.com/entangled/crown-of-bones-by-a-k-wilder/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 October 2019|title=Crown of Bones by A.K. Wilder|date=2019-09-19|website=Entangled Countdowns|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-24}}