Kim Edwards

Kim Edwards is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter , which was translated into thirty-eight languages. The Lake of Dreams is her second New York Times bestselling novel. She is also the author of a collection of short stories, The Secrets of a Fire King . Her honors include the Whiting Award, the British Book Award, and USA Today ' s Book of the Year, as well as the Nelson Algren Award, a National Magazine Award, and a grant from the National Endowment...See more

Kim Edwards is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter , which was translated into thirty-eight languages. The Lake of Dreams is her second New York Times bestselling novel. She is also the author of a collection of short stories, The Secrets of a Fire King . Her honors include the Whiting Award, the British Book Award, and USA Today ' s Book of the Year, as well as the Nelson Algren Award, a National Magazine Award, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has taught widely in the US and Asia, and currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky. See less