{{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=June 2015}} {{BLP no footnotes|date=June 2015}} }}{{Short description|Canadian science fiction and speculative fiction author}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Nicole Luiken | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Manning, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | occupation = Author | genre = Sci Fi, Adventure, Suspense, Young Adult fiction, Adult fiction }} '''Nicole Luiken''' (born 25 May 1971) is a Canadian science fiction and speculative fiction author of novels for teens and adults. She worked as a librarian for several years before giving it up to write full-time. She currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta with her husband Aaron and sons Simon and Luke. She had published her first two novels by the time she was in grade 11. Nicole's novel ''Unlocking the Doors'' won her a YTV Achievement Award for writing in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |last1=JENISH |first1=D'ARCY |title=Towards new goals Maclean's OCTOBER 30, 1989 |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1989/10/30/towards-new-goals |website=Maclean's The Complete Archive |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011025413/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1989/10/30/towards-new-goals |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Young adult novels== *''Unlocking the Doors'' (Scholastic, 1988) *''Escape to the Overworlds'' (Treefrog, 1988) *''Catalyst'' (Treefrog, 1989) *''Violet Eyes'' (Pocket, 2001) *''Silver Eyes'' (Pocket, 2001) *''Frost'' (Great Plains, 2007) *''Dreamfire'' (Great Plains, 2009) *''Dreamline'' (Great Plains, 2011) *''Angel Eyes'' (self-published, 2013) *''Golden Eyes'' (2016)
==Adult novels== *''Running on Instinct'' (Tor, 2001; writing as N. M. Luiken) *''Gate to Kandrith'' (ebook, Carina Press, 2012) *''Soul of Kandrith'' (ebook, Carina Press, 2013)
==Forthcoming books== *''Besieged by Demons'' (Harlequin Reckonings, release date unknown)
==References== {{Reflist}} *http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nicole-Luiken/50793836133?ref=ts *https://web.archive.org/web/20120301035507/http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/luiken.html
==External links== *{{isfdb name|id=Nicole_Luiken|name=Nicole Luiken}}
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