Author

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SHORT BIO:

Kimberly Brock, a former actor and special needs educator, is a Georgia Author of the Year 2013 nominee. Her debut novel, The River Witch, a southern mystical work, has been chosen by two national book clubs. Kimberly’s writing has appeared in anthologies and magazines. When she is not working on her next novel, she is the Blog Network Coordinator for She Reads national online book club. Visit her website at kimberlybrockbooks.com for more information and to find her blog. You can also find her Author page on Facebook at Kimberly Brock, or tweet her @kimberlydbrock.

LONG BIO:

Kimberly Brock is the author of THE RIVER WITCH, Bell Bridge Books (April 2012).

Her short fiction is included in SUMMER IN MOSSY CREEK, and SWEETER THAN TEA.

Kimberly grew up in the soft blue hills of north Georgia in a 1912 farmhouse, playing in secret closets under the stairs, daydreaming beneath towering oaks, and surrounded by countless litters of kittens, calves, every stray dog dropped off at the nearby crossroads (there was an ongoing ugly dog contest) and the occasional goat.  The writing bug bit in fourth grade with her first novel, which her mother typed and enhanced greatly. She enjoyed acclaim in fifth grade when her poem was chosen for special mention by the Georgia Poetry Society and she was honored with the chance to read for the members in Atlanta while her father genially sipped tea. Throughout school, she haunted the library and in high school and college, discovered a love for theater, all of which fostered a great love of storytelling.

She holds a degree in education and formerly taught in a multi-age classroom for severe special needs. She is currently working toward her certification as a Pilates instructor, none of which seems to have anything to do with her novels. When she’s not writing, she volunteers her time as the Blog Network Coordinator for She Reads national online book club.

Kimberly lives with her husband of sixteen years and their three children, north of Atlanta where she is working on her next novel, preferably in a secret closet or underneath a big old tree, but usually at the kitchen counter.