K. S. Nikakis
| Full Name: |
Karen
Simpson
Nikakis |
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London, England, UK |
| Occupation: |
Writer, Poet, Teacher, Lecturer |
| Nationality: |
Australian |
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Biography
Karen Simpson Nikakis, known commonly as K. S. Nikakis, is an Australian fantasy author, writer and poet who lives at Melton.
Nikakis was raised in the central Victorian town of Mansfield, surrounded by the mountains of the Victorian Alps. Her interest in fantasy occurred at age 19, when she read Tolkien's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. She has since written a number of published academic essays on myth and fantasy writing.
She has worked as a secondary teacher, a technical and further education teacher, and as a lecturer in business communications at Deakin University. She completed a Master in Education in young adult literature with her thesis being on The Purpose of Dragons in Selected Children's Literature in the Twentieth Century at Charles Sturt University and went on to complete a PhD in 1997 in fantasy fiction from Victoria University with her thesis on The Use of Narrative in Order to Break the Masculine Domination of the Hero Quest.
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