Kim Wilkins

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| name = Kim Wilkins

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| pseudonym = Kimberley Freeman

| birth_date = 22 December 1966

| birth_place = London, England

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| nationality = Australian

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| genre = speculative fiction, contemporary women's fiction, young adult fiction, children's fiction

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| website = {{URL|http://www.kimwilkins.com/}}

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Kim Wilkins (born 22 December 1966) is an Australian writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane, Queensland. She is the author of more than twenty-five mass-market novels, including her debut horror novel, The Infernal (1997), which won Aurealis Awards for both horror and fantasy.{{cite web |url=http://www.ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/our-books/125-the-infernal |title=Ticonderoga Publications - Our Books - Ticonderoga Publications |accessdate=2011-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319071045/http://www.ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/our-books/125-the-infernal |archivedate=19 March 2012}} She has been published in twenty languages. She also writes general women's fiction as Kimberley Freeman.{{Cite web|date=2010-09-03|title=Interview: Kimberley Freeman on 'Wildflower Hill' (Hachette Australia)|url=https://fancygoods.com.au/booksellerpublisher-magazine/2010/09/03/interview-kimberley-freeman-on-wildflower-hill-hachette-australia/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080602/http://www.fancygoods.com.au/booksellerpublisher-magazine/2010/09/03/interview-kimberley-freeman-on-wildflower-hill-hachette-australia/|archive-date=2016-03-04|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Bookseller+Publisher}}

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 is currently Professor of Writing there.{{Cite web|title=Kim Wilkins|url=https://uq.academia.edu/KimWilkins|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The University of Queensland, Australia}}