About the Author
Kim Wilkins lectures in Writing, Publishing, and 21st-Century Book Culture at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is a recognised expert on creative practice, genre fiction, and the publishing industry. She is the author of more than 30 full-length works of fiction, and her work is translated into more than 20 languages globally. Her scholarly research centres on creative communities, such as writing groups and fan cultures. She is most recently the author of a Young Adult Fantasy Fiction: conventions, originality, reproducibility (2019).