Jill Kearney

Jill Kearney is an artist who lives with her husband and two dogs on an island in Puget Sound. She is retired from teaching and currently works part time as a care provider. Jill writes stories drawn from her experiences as an in-home care provider and a dog rescuer in the impoverished rural southwestern corner of Washington state. "I began writing almost as a compulsion," she said. "I met people and animals and got into situations that just demanded to be described in story form." Most of her...See more

Jill Kearney is an artist who lives with her husband and two dogs on an island in Puget Sound. She is retired from teaching and currently works part time as a care provider. Jill writes stories drawn from her experiences as an in-home care provider and a dog rescuer in the impoverished rural southwestern corner of Washington state. "I began writing almost as a compulsion," she said. "I met people and animals and got into situations that just demanded to be described in story form." Most of her stories concern the lives of people like her clients who live on the margins of society. "I get stories by standing in line at the Food Bank," she said. Other stories come from dog rescue experiences. "I'm interested in the lives of people who feel like they don't matter to anyone." See less