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K.S. Nikakis

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in London, The United Kingdom

July 10, 1955

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Fantasy, Poetry, Nature Writing

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J.R.R. Tolkien; Robert MacFarlane
Ursula Le Guin
Mary Stewart

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January 2012

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Karen Simpson Nikakis grew up in a small country town in NE Victoria, Australia where she rode horses through beautiful alpine scenery. This continues to influence her fiction, nonfiction and poetry works.

She pursued a career in Education including Secondary Colleges, AMECs, TAFE and Universities (Australian and International) and was Assoc Prof and Foundation Head of Melbourne Polytechnic's innovative Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. She holds a B.Ed, M.Ed(Hons) in fantasy, and a Ph.D in Campbell's hero myth, as well as three Diplomas in the areas of Writing and Communications.

She is the author of over 17 fiction, nonfiction and poetry works. Her fantasy novel I Heard the Wolf Call My Name and short story Glass-Heart were both short-li ...more

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	The Whisper of Leaves (Kira Chronicles, #1) by K.S. Nikakis (Goodreads Author), Karen Simpson Nikakis 3.89 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Song of the Silvercades (Kira Chronicles, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cry of the Marwing (Kira Chronicles, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kira Chronicles Fantasy Trilogy Bundle: The Whisper Of Leaves; The Song Of The Silvercades; The Cry Of The Marwing 4.47 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emerald Serpent 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whisper of Leaves: A High Fantasy Series (The Kira Chronicles Series Book 1) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Music of Home: A High Fantasy Series (The Kira Chronicles Series Book 6) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart Hunter 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silence of Stone (The Kira Chronicles series, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thunder of Hoofs: A High Fantasy Series (The Kira Chronicles Series Book 4) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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When the Hero Menstruates – Writing Authentic Female Fantasy Heroes

There is a joke along the lines of no fantasy hero ever needing to use the toilet or owning a pair of socks but behind any levity these images conjure, lies the decisions writers make about which of their hero’s bodily functions to include in the narrative and which to ignore.

The Physical Needs of the Fantasy Hero

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