Kim Poovey
Author, Dickens Ghost Publishing, LLC Best selling author of cozy horror and historical fiction, independent publisher, and instructor of creative writing and publishing.
About this speaker
Kim Poovey is a bestselling author, storyteller, and living historian. She writes cozy horror and historical fiction and has been both traditionally and independently published. Recipe for Writing, her first non-fiction book, was released over the summer and covers how to develop your own recipe for success as well as publishing options. In addition to her own works, Kim has written for Beaufort Lifestyles, Bluffton Breeze, Citizen’s Companion, and the Civil War Times. For more than ten years, she has been an instructor for OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) as well as presenting on writing and publishing at the Pat Conroy Literary Center and for private writing groups. In 2011, she portrayed Mrs. Stanton, wife of Secretary of War Stanton (Kevin Kline), in the Robert Redford film, The Conspirator. Kim resides in a haunted 1890s Victorian cottage in the SC Lowcountry with her husband, Darryl, and their furry children.
