Kimberly Jean Smith is a writer and teacher whose work has appeared in a number of journals including, Catamaran Literary Reader, Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment, Shadowgraph Magazine, Rio Grande Review, Enizagam, Ping-Pong (the literary journal of the Henry Miller Library), and The Collective among other publications. She has received a number of awards and fellowships for both her fiction and non-fiction work, including those from the Catamaran Literary Reader, the Iowa Sweet Corn Contest, Bookshop Santa Cruz, the Maine Press Association, and the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families. She teaches at Gavilan College in Gilroy, CA, lives in Santa Cruz, and is a graduate of the MFA program at Warren Wilson College. For more information, contact her at kimberlyjeansmith@gmail.com

As You Know, Bob (published in Catamaran Literary Reader)

Lucette (published in Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment)

Interview (published in Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment)

Diptych: A Study of Flora and Fauna in Two Short Tales (published in Shadowgraph Magazine)