Graci Kim is a diplomat turned
New York Times bestselling author

Graci Kim is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Gifted Clans series: The Last Fallen Star, The Last Fallen Moon, and The Last Fallen Realm. Featured in TIME Magazine for Kids, and dubbed a “sparkling yarn” by Entertainment Weekly, the Korean mythology-inspired trilogy is being translated into multiple languages.

The Last Fallen Star was named a 2021 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Children’s Book, an Amazon Best Book, an Indigo Best Book, a Barnes & Noble Young Reader Pick, and a Whitcoulls’ Kids Top 50. In 2022, Graci was awarded the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best New Talent.

The first book in her new series, Dreamslinger, pitched as X-Men meets Pokémon - if the Asleep granted you real-life superpowers - will be published in mid 2025.

In a previous life, Graci was a New Zealand diplomat, a cooking show host, and once ran a business that turned children’s drawings into cuddly toys. She now lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with her husband and daughter. You can join her newsletter, follow her on Instagram (@gracikimwrites), or write her a letter (gracikim.com).

Five Fast Facts

1. I ran away with the circus when I was 16 years old because I fell in love with a Colombian tightrope walker. True story. (Please don’t tell my mum!)

2. One of my favourite things ever is the feeling of freshly cut fingernails. Yes, I’m weird. But it just feels so satisfying…

3. New Zealand is home, but I have also lived in South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and China. Did you know that if you dig a hole in NZ, you’d come out the other side in Spain?

4. I am scared of big waves. The kind you find in the ocean, not in your hair.

5. I wrote my first story when I was 11 years old. It was called ‘The Multicoloured Club’ and it was basically a mash-up of The Spice Girls and The Babysitters’ Club. Good times.