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    Kim Taylor Blakemore is an author, developmental editor and founder of the Novelitics Writers Collective. She writes historical novels that feature fierce, audacious, and often dangerous women. She writes about the thieves and servants, murderesses and mediums, grifters and frauds - the women with darker stories, tangled lies and hidden motives.

    Her historical thrillers include The Deception, After Alice Fell (Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award, Best Historical), The Companion (Tucson Festival of Book Literary Award). She has also written two young adult historicals, Bowery Girl (New York Public Library Best Reads for Teens) and Cissy Funk (WILLA Award for Best Young Adult Fiction).

    Her Wild-Willed Women of the West series, written as K.T. Blakemore, include the 2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist The Good Time Girls and The Good Time Girls Get Famous. The series features bold women who take no prisoners and succeed through sheer grit, determination, and a parcel of luck. She is currently working on Book 3: The Good Time Girls Strike It Rich.

    Her passion for storytelling and nurturing authors led her to establish Novelitics Writers Collective (come write with us!). She loves coaching and supporting novelists on their creative journeys. Her love of the written word extends to teaching editing and craft workshops to organizations like The History Quill, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, RWA's Kiss of Death, and more.

    She is currently attending seminary at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.

    She lives with her family and passel of rescue cats and dogs in the Pacific Northwest. She loves the rain, is afraid of scary movies, and thinks the best meal consists of a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup.

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    • The New Gothic: Feminist and Unapologetic | CrimeReads | Tracing the Evolution of Gothic Heroines from the Mid-20th Century to the Present Day Through 7 Novels
    • Let's Talk Historical Fiction | Video | Join Lake Union Publishing authors Lydia Kang, Jane Healey, Kim Taylor Blakemore and Elizabeth Blackwell for an hour celebrating the release of Elizabeth's riveting spy thriller THE RED MISTRESS, and a talk about the ins and outs and foibles of writing historical fiction.
    • Mysteristas | Blog |"Stories come to me as glimmers and fleeting images..."
    • Hasty Book List | Blog |"If I wasn't a writer I'd be a theatre director. Or pirate..."
    • Mark Gottlieb Talks Books | Blog |"Inherently, the story is about love and obsession..."
    • Novel Network Book Chat | The inspiration for her novelThe Companion
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