In a Few Words
Do you like characters who are quirky and smart? Characters who struggle but don’t give up? Characters who have a different type of power?
K M Jackways writes fun fantasy books about smart witches who struggle and succeed. Check them out here.
The Long Version
Once upon a time, a boring mother of two with an office job was shaken out of her ordinary life by a massive 6.3 earthquake. Her house was broken, the city centre was flattened and all her friends were moving away. All of this made her think: If she died next month, what would she regret not doing? What made her soul soar?
She and her family went to live in the South West of France for a year. Something inside her woke there, among the hidden histories and cobbled streets. She began to write – badly. But she persisted.
Kim is now a freelance writer, fantasy author, and proofreader based in Canterbury, New Zealand. Her short fiction has been published in various literary magazines, like takahe, Flash Frontier and The Best Small Fictions 2019. One of her novellas, Murmurs of Magic, was a finalist in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2023. One of her flash fiction pieces was a finalist in Micro Madness 2020.
She loves writing fantasy books about smart witches who struggle and succeed; the quiet and quirky ones, the listeners, the pattern-finders, the dreamers.
Schedule
September 2027 – Wham Bam Author Jam, Christchurch