Researching Kim Wilkins
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13236 people with the Wilkins surname? In that year Wilkins was ranked number 299 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Kim Wilkins on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kim Wilkins and the Wilkins Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 15400 people with the Wilkins surname in the UK? Wilkins is now ranked number 366 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 72918 people with the Wilkins surname in the USA? Wilkins is ranked number 133 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Kim Wilkins
Kim Wilkins
Kim Wilkins (born 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. She has been published in twenty languages. She also writes general women's fiction as Kimberley Freeman.
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 an Associate Professor there in writing and publishing studies.
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