Based in the lush Far North of New Zealand, K.V. Martins writes accompanied by the song of a family of boisterous tūī birds outside her window. She writes historical fiction, ghost and gothic fiction, as well as poetry. K.V. Martins writes for an online history encyclopedia. She has a B.A. (Hons) in History and also studied archaeology and Egyptology. She writes in between taking her crazy smooth fox terrier for long walks.