Author Profile

Author Profile -- Kim Williams-Justesen

BORN: 
Murray, Utah - Cottonwood Hospital to be exact

PARENTS: 
Bennie LeRoy Williams - General Mgr. for KALL Radio (now retired)
Anna Bryans Williams (now Vickrey) - Special Education Teacher (retired)

SPOUSE: 
Mike Justesen - Insurance Geek Extraordinaire

EDUCATION: 
4 wasted years at the University of Utah (with lots of partying and fun times in the Musical Theater dept.)
BA - English/Theater double major - Westminster College
MFA - Writing for Children - Vermont College

PLACES LIVED: 
Murray, Utah; Sugarhouse, Utah; Holladay, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; Sandy, Utah; and North Carolina for summer visits throughout my childhood and adolescence.

OTHER JOBS HELD: 
Switchboard Operator at a hotel, secretary, radio DJ, singing telegram messenger (I even wore a gorilla suit for it!), English teacher, PR director for a nonprofit organization.

HOBBIES: 
If it involves yarn, I probably do it. Knitting, crochet, tatting, beading, reading, day dreaming about being a size six again.

PHOBIAS: 
Agoraphobia - fear of wide-open spaces (I'm not good with those panoramic view things).

RECENT BOOKS: 
Klutz Kwiz for Kids - 1st Grade Language Arts component - Klutz Press

PUBLISH WITH: 
Klutz, Eggshells Press (adult nonfiction)

SCHOOL VISIT ACTIVITIES: 
Exciting Writing; Poetry - Yes It's for Boys, Too; Brain Function and the Creative Process; A Love of Literature.