| The daughter of an Army Air Corps father and Marine mother, Kim knew she was a writer at age 10. She served as an enlisted woman in the U.S. Army from 1975 to 1978 with the 4th S&T BN, Fourth Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. She participated in Reforger to Germany and desert training on Bulldog Safari I at Fort Irwin, California, both in 1978.
Kim served as an Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Officer in the Air Force Reserve 40th AES at McChord Air Force Base, WA, from 1988 - 1993. She mobilized her Squadron for Desert Shield and was a state-side activated reservist during Desert Storm.
Kim's writing has appeared in ARMY, The Officer, The Writer and Romance Writers Report magazines, Spear Tips, the 9th Air Expeditionary Group base newspaper at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs Vet News, 446th Associate Press, Perspectives in Healthcare Risk Management, Bonneville Power Administration Circuit, and the Newport News Times and Gresham Outlook newspapers.
Kim also published three Writing War Stories Student Anthologies.
Her writing awards include the $1,000 prize in the 1997 Oregon Film and Video Foundation Screenplay Contest for her script Reserve Wars. Three first place finishes in interview, feature, and photography categories from the National Federation of Press Women.
Kim is acknowledged in the following books for her writing assistance:
Steel Beach by Jeff Lee Manthos
Her Phoenix Heart by Cindy Hiday
Guardian of the Balance - Merlin's Descendants #1 by Irene Radford
When Money Is Not Enough - resolving co-dependency and career in the workplace by Eileen R. Hannegan
Kim served as a recipe tester for The Chocolate Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Bobbie Hasselbring
Kim is a former newspaper journalist and photographer, VA Medical Center Public Affairs Officer, and Video Production Coordinator. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and an associate degree in journalism arts technology.
She is a member of the American Legion Oregon Post 1, National 4th Infantry (Ivy) Division Association, AeroMed Evac Association, Romance Writers of America, Willamette Writers, and Oregon Press Women. Kim is a former member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.S. Ranger Foundation.
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