Kim worked as a journalist in Canada for many years, with experience in both print and broadcast journalism. Her book,¿Gelato with the Pope, highlights her time as a syndicated travel columnist in the Nineties. In addition to her travel column, she has written feature articles for numerous publications, edited a monthly children's publication in British Columbia, and had her poetry published in¿Do Whales Jump at Night?: A Canadian Anthology of Children's Poetry. She won a Microsoft Network award for best website for Footloose, one of the first digital e-zines on the internet. For the past eight years she has been working on her video project,¿What the Hell is a Toque?¿ This chronicles her travels with her sons from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island and north to the Canadian Arctic. Kim is also a board member of Sisters in Crime New England. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, two sons, and three dogs.