Nikky Lee - Author
@nikkythewriter.com
SFFH Author | Aurealis Award Winner, Ditmar Best New Talent, Sir Julius Vogel Award Winner | she/her
📘 THE RARKYN TRILOGY
📘 ONCE WE FLEW
📘 A NIGHT SO DARK AND FULL OF STARS
📍Aotearoa New Zealand
www.nikkythewriter.com
📘 THE RARKYN TRILOGY
📘 ONCE WE FLEW
📘 A NIGHT SO DARK AND FULL OF STARS
📍Aotearoa New Zealand
www.nikkythewriter.com
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Nikky Lee - Author
@nikkythewriter.com
· Nov 15
Given all the new follows (thank you 🙏) it's probably time to re-introduce myself. Hi, I'm Nikky 👋 an Aussie-born, Aotearoa New Zealand-based author of fantasy, sci-fi and horror! 🧵
Phew, what a year! Quite possibly the biggest year I've done in terms of word counts—and it was all for one (still unfinished) project 🫠
#2025wrapped #YearInReview #EndofYearWrap #authorlife
#2025wrapped #YearInReview #EndofYearWrap #authorlife
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Phew, what a year! Quite possibly the biggest year I've done in terms of word counts—and it was all for one (still unfinished) project 🫠
#2025wrapped #YearInReview #EndofYearWrap #authorlife
#2025wrapped #YearInReview #EndofYearWrap #authorlife
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We're almost at the end of the year! 🥳 It's customary to reflect back on the books we've read, so here is our year in books 2025 featuring the books Nils and Trudie have enjoyed:
www.readindiefantasy.com/2025-a-year-...
www.readindiefantasy.com/2025-a-year-...
December 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We're almost at the end of the year! 🥳 It's customary to reflect back on the books we've read, so here is our year in books 2025 featuring the books Nils and Trudie have enjoyed:
www.readindiefantasy.com/2025-a-year-...
www.readindiefantasy.com/2025-a-year-...
When you can't self rec due to group rules but your book fits the request for recommendation so darn well – might as well turn it into a bit of easy marketing 🤣
#TheRarkynTrilogy #epicfantasy #fantasyseries #nzbooks
#TheRarkynTrilogy #epicfantasy #fantasyseries #nzbooks
December 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
When you can't self rec due to group rules but your book fits the request for recommendation so darn well – might as well turn it into a bit of easy marketing 🤣
#TheRarkynTrilogy #epicfantasy #fantasyseries #nzbooks
#TheRarkynTrilogy #epicfantasy #fantasyseries #nzbooks
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And I had such grand ambitions of finishing the draft of Rarkyn 3 before the end of the year... 😮💨
Same sentiment also applies to my TBR 📚🙈📚
#authorlife #dragons #christmas #toreadpile
Same sentiment also applies to my TBR 📚🙈📚
#authorlife #dragons #christmas #toreadpile
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And I had such grand ambitions of finishing the draft of Rarkyn 3 before the end of the year... 😮💨
Same sentiment also applies to my TBR 📚🙈📚
#authorlife #dragons #christmas #toreadpile
Same sentiment also applies to my TBR 📚🙈📚
#authorlife #dragons #christmas #toreadpile
Sooo, how much have we spent on books leading up to Christmas? Or is it too soon to tell? 📚
#books #reading #bookaddict
#books #reading #bookaddict
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Sooo, how much have we spent on books leading up to Christmas? Or is it too soon to tell? 📚
#books #reading #bookaddict
#books #reading #bookaddict
That's right folks, THE RARKYN'S FALL, book 2 of The Rarkyn Trilogy is now out in audio from all the usual places! Head to www.books2read.com/rarkynsfall for the links 🔗
#audiobook #fantasygram #indiebooks #epicfantasy #TheRarkynTrilogy
#audiobook #fantasygram #indiebooks #epicfantasy #TheRarkynTrilogy
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
That's right folks, THE RARKYN'S FALL, book 2 of The Rarkyn Trilogy is now out in audio from all the usual places! Head to www.books2read.com/rarkynsfall for the links 🔗
#audiobook #fantasygram #indiebooks #epicfantasy #TheRarkynTrilogy
#audiobook #fantasygram #indiebooks #epicfantasy #TheRarkynTrilogy
It turns out my Kiwi colleagues have never heard of the term "Gen Y". Apparently this generation has always been called "Millennials" in NZ. Is the Gen Y name just an Aussie thing that I assumed was universal?
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It turns out my Kiwi colleagues have never heard of the term "Gen Y". Apparently this generation has always been called "Millennials" in NZ. Is the Gen Y name just an Aussie thing that I assumed was universal?
Myself and 63 other authors have come together to offer this mega deal on itch.io for December!
Buy 64 books—including THE RARKYN'S FAMILAR–for $45!
Normally ~$224 (Save 79%!)
Get it while you can 👉 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
Sale ends 15th December.
#booksale #bookdeal #bookbundle #indieauthors
Buy 64 books—including THE RARKYN'S FAMILAR–for $45!
Normally ~$224 (Save 79%!)
Get it while you can 👉 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
Sale ends 15th December.
#booksale #bookdeal #bookbundle #indieauthors
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Myself and 63 other authors have come together to offer this mega deal on itch.io for December!
Buy 64 books—including THE RARKYN'S FAMILAR–for $45!
Normally ~$224 (Save 79%!)
Get it while you can 👉 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
Sale ends 15th December.
#booksale #bookdeal #bookbundle #indieauthors
Buy 64 books—including THE RARKYN'S FAMILAR–for $45!
Normally ~$224 (Save 79%!)
Get it while you can 👉 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
Sale ends 15th December.
#booksale #bookdeal #bookbundle #indieauthors
Reposted by Nikky Lee - Author
A reminder to my NZ spec fic author friends – don't forget to enter your works into Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, Aotearoa's first judged speculative fiction awards! We're looking for novels, novellas, YA, MG, short stories, graphic novels and more!
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
October 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A reminder to my NZ spec fic author friends – don't forget to enter your works into Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, Aotearoa's first judged speculative fiction awards! We're looking for novels, novellas, YA, MG, short stories, graphic novels and more!
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
Nice little write up from the @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social team 🥰
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
#nzbooks #nzspecfic #tepaetawhitiawards
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
#nzbooks #nzspecfic #tepaetawhitiawards
Getting to Know Us: PR Co-ordinator Nikky Lee | Te Pae Tawhiti Awards
tepaetawhitiawards.nz
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nice little write up from the @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social team 🥰
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
#nzbooks #nzspecfic #tepaetawhitiawards
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
#nzbooks #nzspecfic #tepaetawhitiawards
A reminder to my NZ spec fic author friends – don't forget to enter your works into Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, Aotearoa's first judged speculative fiction awards! We're looking for novels, novellas, YA, MG, short stories, graphic novels and more!
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
October 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A reminder to my NZ spec fic author friends – don't forget to enter your works into Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, Aotearoa's first judged speculative fiction awards! We're looking for novels, novellas, YA, MG, short stories, graphic novels and more!
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzauthor
It's been a bit of a slog, but Rarkyn book 3 is at 240k words! Almost there 😮💨
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #drafting #authorlife #writing
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #drafting #authorlife #writing
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It's been a bit of a slog, but Rarkyn book 3 is at 240k words! Almost there 😮💨
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #drafting #authorlife #writing
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #drafting #authorlife #writing
Reposted by Nikky Lee - Author
The Narratess Indie August Sale is ALMOST OVER! Dozens of indie fantasy, sci-fi and horror books are on sale or even free! Go check out this amazing sale before it ends!!!
indiebook.sale
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indiebook.sale
💙📚
August 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Narratess Indie August Sale is ALMOST OVER! Dozens of indie fantasy, sci-fi and horror books are on sale or even free! Go check out this amazing sale before it ends!!!
indiebook.sale
💙📚
indiebook.sale
💙📚
Reposted by Nikky Lee - Author
@fondalee.bsky.social on the “why fantasy” panel, telling us why she likes fantasy. She also said “it tells the truth by lowering the defenses”
August 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@fondalee.bsky.social on the “why fantasy” panel, telling us why she likes fantasy. She also said “it tells the truth by lowering the defenses”
The Narratess Book Sale is on! 320+ fantasy, science-fiction and horror books for Free, 0.99, or 1.99—including The Rarkyn's Familiar!
🪶Blood magic
🪶Kickass heroine
🪶Monster companion
🪶Enemies to begrudging allies
🪶Multiple magic systems
🪶Mental health rep
+ Now in audiobook 🎧
🔗➡️ indiebook.sale
🪶Blood magic
🪶Kickass heroine
🪶Monster companion
🪶Enemies to begrudging allies
🪶Multiple magic systems
🪶Mental health rep
+ Now in audiobook 🎧
🔗➡️ indiebook.sale
August 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Narratess Book Sale is on! 320+ fantasy, science-fiction and horror books for Free, 0.99, or 1.99—including The Rarkyn's Familiar!
🪶Blood magic
🪶Kickass heroine
🪶Monster companion
🪶Enemies to begrudging allies
🪶Multiple magic systems
🪶Mental health rep
+ Now in audiobook 🎧
🔗➡️ indiebook.sale
🪶Blood magic
🪶Kickass heroine
🪶Monster companion
🪶Enemies to begrudging allies
🪶Multiple magic systems
🪶Mental health rep
+ Now in audiobook 🎧
🔗➡️ indiebook.sale
Whelp, I hit my 220,000 word target and I'm not done (so many loose ends to tie up 😵💫). The good news is I'm solidly into act three and the end is in sight.
#therarkyntrilogy #booksky #amwriting #epicfantasy #nzbooks
#therarkyntrilogy #booksky #amwriting #epicfantasy #nzbooks
August 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Whelp, I hit my 220,000 word target and I'm not done (so many loose ends to tie up 😵💫). The good news is I'm solidly into act three and the end is in sight.
#therarkyntrilogy #booksky #amwriting #epicfantasy #nzbooks
#therarkyntrilogy #booksky #amwriting #epicfantasy #nzbooks
Heads up book lovers! This weekend is the Beloved SFF Sale. Check out the amazing, curated list of recommended indie fantasy and sci-fi books that are either free or US$0.99!
talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...
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#Booksky #booklovers #indiebooks #booksale
talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...
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#Booksky #booklovers #indiebooks #booksale
August 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Heads up book lovers! This weekend is the Beloved SFF Sale. Check out the amazing, curated list of recommended indie fantasy and sci-fi books that are either free or US$0.99!
talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...
1/2
#Booksky #booklovers #indiebooks #booksale
talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...
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#Booksky #booklovers #indiebooks #booksale
Reposted by Nikky Lee - Author
Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries!
We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories:
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We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories:
1/3
August 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries!
We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories:
1/3
We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories:
1/3
200k down! I am no longer sure how much more I have to go 😅 But I think it's going to be more than the 20k I gave myself. Ooops 🙈
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #authorlife #epicfantasy #writing #drafting
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #authorlife #epicfantasy #writing #drafting
July 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
200k down! I am no longer sure how much more I have to go 😅 But I think it's going to be more than the 20k I gave myself. Ooops 🙈
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #authorlife #epicfantasy #writing #drafting
#therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #authorlife #epicfantasy #writing #drafting
It's official! THE RARKYN'S FAMILIAR is now out on audiobook 🎧🎉 Narrated by the brilliant Anna Maste (@annamastevoice). It's now available on Amazon, Audible, Kobo Plus and all the usual audiobook places — links at www.books2read.com/rarkyn 🪶
#audiobooks #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #booksky
#audiobooks #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #booksky
July 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's official! THE RARKYN'S FAMILIAR is now out on audiobook 🎧🎉 Narrated by the brilliant Anna Maste (@annamastevoice). It's now available on Amazon, Audible, Kobo Plus and all the usual audiobook places — links at www.books2read.com/rarkyn 🪶
#audiobooks #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #booksky
#audiobooks #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #booksky
Wowza, what a review! Thank you @yourpaperquest.bsky.social 🤩
Once We Flew by @nikkythewriter.com is our latest Novella Corner spotlight!
Be sure to check it out in our latest blog post about why it caught our eye, and why it might catch yours too!
www.yourpaperquest.com/archives/655...
Be sure to check it out in our latest blog post about why it caught our eye, and why it might catch yours too!
www.yourpaperquest.com/archives/655...
Once We Flew – Your Paper Quest | Self Published Book Subscription Box
www.yourpaperquest.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wowza, what a review! Thank you @yourpaperquest.bsky.social 🤩
🚨 Book bundle alert 🚨
Enjoy speculative fiction with strong women? Check out these two book bundles!
Buy 13 books for $16.25 instead of $43 and save over 60%! DEAL ENDS MAY 22.
Bundle 1: itch.io/b/3023/stron...
Bundle 2 (contains Rarkyn 1 & 2): itch.io/b/3022/stron...
#Booksky #BargainBooks
Enjoy speculative fiction with strong women? Check out these two book bundles!
Buy 13 books for $16.25 instead of $43 and save over 60%! DEAL ENDS MAY 22.
Bundle 1: itch.io/b/3023/stron...
Bundle 2 (contains Rarkyn 1 & 2): itch.io/b/3022/stron...
#Booksky #BargainBooks
May 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
🚨 Book bundle alert 🚨
Enjoy speculative fiction with strong women? Check out these two book bundles!
Buy 13 books for $16.25 instead of $43 and save over 60%! DEAL ENDS MAY 22.
Bundle 1: itch.io/b/3023/stron...
Bundle 2 (contains Rarkyn 1 & 2): itch.io/b/3022/stron...
#Booksky #BargainBooks
Enjoy speculative fiction with strong women? Check out these two book bundles!
Buy 13 books for $16.25 instead of $43 and save over 60%! DEAL ENDS MAY 22.
Bundle 1: itch.io/b/3023/stron...
Bundle 2 (contains Rarkyn 1 & 2): itch.io/b/3022/stron...
#Booksky #BargainBooks
May 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#NZWrites April 30: Share something good that happen to me this month! (No video again, as cold still not gone 😤)
I won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for my sci-fi horror novella "We Who Remain"!
And I also found out I was shortlisted four times in the Australian Aurealis Awards 🤯
I won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for my sci-fi horror novella "We Who Remain"!
And I also found out I was shortlisted four times in the Australian Aurealis Awards 🤯
#NZWrites April 30: Share something good that happened to you this month!
April 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#NZWrites April 30: Share something good that happen to me this month! (No video again, as cold still not gone 😤)
I won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for my sci-fi horror novella "We Who Remain"!
And I also found out I was shortlisted four times in the Australian Aurealis Awards 🤯
I won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for my sci-fi horror novella "We Who Remain"!
And I also found out I was shortlisted four times in the Australian Aurealis Awards 🤯