Greetings, reader, and thanks for your curiosity.

After 20 years as an in-house book and magazine editor, Kim currently writes for food (books, money, the fun of it) in cafes, coffee houses, and in her wheelie-house (some would call it an RV). Her cozy abode can most often be found parked someplace beautiful, mysterious, or both, in the Pacific Northwest.

Kim’s publishing career spans twenty years of management-level editorial experience in children’s and educational publishing, including senior positions at The Education Center, Inc. (where she edited Bookbag magazine and developed supplementary literacy books for K-6 grade teachers), Highlights for Children, Boyds Mills Press, and Portable Press in Ashland, Oregon. At Portable Press, Kim served as developmental editor for Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers FOR KIDS ONLY. She spent her days planning books filled with everything that’s weird, wacky, unbelievable, and funny.

Kim has taught writing workshops across the country, including for the Society of Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and the Highlights Foundation. She has served as writer-in-residence for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle and at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Currently, she works with a select few writers as a writing coach.

Kim has published hundreds of short stories and articles. Her educational books include Carnivorous Plants, Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Worker’s Rights: The 1913 Ludlow Coal Miner’s Strike, and Nonfiction Reading (Grade 3). Her picture books include Rufus Goes to School and Rufus Goes to Sea (both Oregon Book Awards finalists), and Rufus Blasts Off!

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