



Kim Taylor Blakemore | Author & Book Coach
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Kim Taylor Blakemore | Author & Book Coach
- About
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- About

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.
Interviews & Articles Archive
Selected past reviews, interviews and articles
2024
- Readers House, London's Literary Gateway | Interview - Unravelling the Threads of the Wild West
2023
- Editing Bootcamp Master Class | History Quill
- Editing Bootcamp | Women Writing the West Conference
- About This Writing Thing | Podcast
- 4-week Editing Bootcamp | Kiss of Death
- Desideratum Podcast with Theresa Bakken | We talk The Good Time Grils and the Balance of Humor and Danger
- Publisher's Weekly | The Good Time Girls Review
- Historical Novel Society | The Good Time Girls Review
- Readers Favorite | The Good Time Girls Review
- She Wore Black Podcast | History of American Seances and Spiriualists
- Golden State Media Book Review podcast | Talking about The Deception with host Sarah Meckler
- Ashley Hasty Booklist | A Day in the Life of a Historical Fiction Author
2022
- Historical Novel Reviews | Review of The Deception
- Sisters in Crime Wisconsin | Ask an Editor About Developmental Editing
- The Big Thrill Magazine | Interview about The Deception
- Desideratum Podcast | Talking about The Deception with host Theresa Bakken
- The Rebel Author Podcast | Writing historical fiction with host Sacha Black
- Wine, Women, & Words Podcast | Researching The Deception
- BOLO Book Review | Review of The Deception
- Fresh Take | Interview on the writing life
- Behind the Book Podcast | Writing The Deception with hosts Karen McQuestion and Tess Thompson
- Book Q&As podcast | Talking inspiration and research behind The Deception with host Deborah Kalb
- Cantina Bookclub Podcast | Talking ghosts and other hauntings
- What’s New in Historical Fiction Panel | Researching and writing historical fiction with Kimberly Garrett Brown and Martha Conway
- Vox Vomitus Podcast | Talking about The Deception and ghosts with hosts Allison Martine and Jennifer Anne Gordon
- Jacqueline Vick Blog | Interview about good, evil, the perils of the 19th century and dangerous women.
- Shepherd.com | Best Gothic Books for a Winter's Night
- History in the Margins | Interview with with historian Pamela Toler
2021
- The Gothic Girls | Author event on Crowdcast with Emily Carpenter, and Wendy Webb
- Wine, Women & Words Podcast | Interview discussing After Alice Fell.
- Best of Women's Fiction | On writing dark historical fiction with host Lainey Cameron
- Gothic Fiction Panel hosted by The Mysterious Bookshop | Join gothic novelists Leanna Hieber, Finola Austin, Kris Waldherr, and Tonya Mitchell
- Golden State Media Books Podcast with Sarah Meckler | Interview about my new historical fiction thriller, After Alice Fell.
- Rewriting History | Author event hosted by Blackbird Writers discussing all things historical fiction - the pitfalls, the curiosities, the surprises!
- Desideratum Behind the Scenes | Interview bonus - see what didn't make the podcast.
- Vox Vomitus | Two of the funniest authors and podcasters around - we talk books, Bigfoot, asylums and After Alice Fell.
- Desideratum Podcast with Theresa Bakken | A discussion of After Alice Fell, grace, mercy, gothic tropes, researching asylums, and mercy, again.
- Writing Your First (or Next) Book Summit with Tracy Skuce | Kim talks about her writing and how to navigate the creative middle.
- The Write Review with Annie McDonnell | All things 19th century asylum, writing After Alice Fell, and being an Amazon First Reads. Fun!
- Dive Into Historical Fiction with these 9 Immersive Reads | CrimeReads | Why, yes! After Alice Fell is on the list (and the other books look amazing).
- The Big Thrill Magazine | Interview about the writing and research of After Alice Fell
- Book Squad Goals | Interview on After Alice Fell and giving voice to the voiceless
2020
- 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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