{{short description|1997 novel by Kim Wilkins}} {{for|the 2005 novel by F. Paul Wilson|Infernal (novel)}} {{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The Infernal | image = File:TheInfernal.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Kim Wilkins | cover_artist = Yolande Gray | country = Australia | language = English | genre = Fantasy, horror | publisher = Random House | pub_date = 1997 | media_type = Print (Paperback) | pages = 478 pp ''(first edition)'' | isbn = 978-0-09-183417-3 | oclc = }}
'''''The Infernal''''' is a 1997 horror/fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of musician whose fans keep turning up dead and who is having memories that do not belong to her.<ref name="FF TI">{{cite web | url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/kim-wilkins/infernal.htm | title = The Infernal by Kim Wilkins | publisher = Fantastic Fiction | date = | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref>
==Background== ''The Infernal'' was first published in Australia in 1997 by Random House in paperback.<ref name="ISFDB TI">{{cite web | url = http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?20699 | title = Bibliography: The Infernal | publisher = ISFDB | date = | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref> It was later released in Germany, United Kingdom and France in 1999 and 2002.<ref name="HW TI">{{cite web | url = http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/all-about-me/ | title = Bio | publisher = Hexebart’s Well | date = | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref> ''The Infernal'' won the 1997 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel and best horror novel.<ref name="AAPYR">{{cite web | url = http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf | title = aurealis awards, previous years’ results | publisher = Aurealis Awards | accessdate = 2009-12-26 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf | archivedate = 2010-12-24 }}</ref> In 2010 a limited hardcover edition was published by Ticonderoga Publications.
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==External links== *{{isfdb title|id=20699|title=The Infernal}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Infernal}} Category:1997 Australian novels Category:1997 English-language novels Category:Australian fantasy novels Category:Australian horror novels Category:Aurealis Award–winning works
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