Kimberly Pauley
Kimberly Pauley is the award-winning author of four YA novels and an American Expat who has found a new home in London. Since moving across the pond, Kimberly has turned her hand to writing for middle grade readers and is looking forward to engaging with a new readership in the adopted new home.
Her UK debut AND debut for middle grade, The Accidental Wizard was published in Autumn (ok, Fall!) of 2020 to a great response, drawing comparisons to Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, among others.
Kimberly's first novel, Sucks to Be Me (called a “vampire bat mitzvah novel” by her husband), was an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant readers, while the sequel, Still Sucks to Be Me, was a VOYA Sci-Fi/Fantasy Best Title.
Her UK debut AND debut for middle grade, The Accidental Wizard was published in Autumn (ok, Fall!) of 2020 to a great response, drawing comparisons to Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, among others.
Kimberly's first novel, Sucks to Be Me (called a “vampire bat mitzvah novel” by her husband), was an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant readers, while the sequel, Still Sucks to Be Me, was a VOYA Sci-Fi/Fantasy Best Title.
Her third title, Ask Me, received a star review from Booklist and is set in her native Florida (the backwoods bit, not the beaches), while her fourth, Cat Girl's Day Off is a hilarious YA homage to Gerris Bueller's Chicago, Natalie must use her Talent talking to cats to solve a high-profile celebrity kidnapping.
These days, now happily settled in the UK, Kimberly has moved her focus from YA to MG and THE ACCIDENTAL WIZARD is the start of a series of adventures to feature Twig, the reluctant most powerful wizard in the world; Vile (short for Violet) a remarkably pretty hag; Glimfinkle, a teeny tiny gnome, with a VERY big sense of his own importance and Beaky, a magpie of occasionally frankly epic proportions.
Kimberly was the founder of YA Books Central, one of the largest teen lit sites on the Internet, back before blogs even existed, though she gave up ownership when she made the big move.
Kimberly has also dabbled in short stories and poetry (remarkably non-angsty given her early teenage leanings), as well as writing for newspapers and magazines, but her love is writing for children and teens. Luckily, that’s what she concentrated on at University (as well as Science Fiction and Medieval Lit, but that’s another story).
You can find out more at www.kimberlypauley.com or follow her on Twitter (@KimberlyRPauley) or Instagram, where she posts entirely too many pictures of random things (mostly London and the things she makes).
These days, now happily settled in the UK, Kimberly has moved her focus from YA to MG and THE ACCIDENTAL WIZARD is the start of a series of adventures to feature Twig, the reluctant most powerful wizard in the world; Vile (short for Violet) a remarkably pretty hag; Glimfinkle, a teeny tiny gnome, with a VERY big sense of his own importance and Beaky, a magpie of occasionally frankly epic proportions.
Kimberly was the founder of YA Books Central, one of the largest teen lit sites on the Internet, back before blogs even existed, though she gave up ownership when she made the big move.
Kimberly has also dabbled in short stories and poetry (remarkably non-angsty given her early teenage leanings), as well as writing for newspapers and magazines, but her love is writing for children and teens. Luckily, that’s what she concentrated on at University (as well as Science Fiction and Medieval Lit, but that’s another story).
You can find out more at www.kimberlypauley.com or follow her on Twitter (@KimberlyRPauley) or Instagram, where she posts entirely too many pictures of random things (mostly London and the things she makes).
