About Kimberly Ripley & Author Appearances
Kimberly Ripley was first published in 1999. Her credits include newspapers, magazines like Grand Magazine, Parenting, Discovery Travel, Guideposts, and Home Education Magazine, as well a dozens of anthologies. Her work appears in sixteen editions of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and five of the A Cup of Comfort anthology series.
Kim's first book, "Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass: Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens" put her on the public speaking circuit, offering advice and laughter for parents and grandparents across the country. Her second book, "Freelancing Later in Life" speaks to prospective writers. A writing workshop was developed from the book, and has been facilitated in many states across the nation.