Baking Cupcakes for the Dead By Kim Cooper Findling [originally published in Hip Mama] Fifteen years ago, my first baby was born prematurely and died at the hospital. Every year, a tidal wave of grief washes over me on that anniversary. The wave is a physical phenomenon, a bodily memory of trauma that supersedes everything…
Author Event! The Sixth Storm at the Dark and Stormy Night Event Series October 19, 2023, 4 p.m. Driftwood Library Lincoln City, Oregon The weather on the Oregon Coast can be deadly Driftwood Library in Lincoln City hosts the author series Dark and Stormy Night in October. Northwest mystery writers descend on the library to…
IN PERSON: Kim Cooper Findling presents Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families Thursday, March 23, 2023 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Paulina Springs Books 252 W Hood Ave. Sisters, OR, 97759USA About Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips For Curious Families: Beginning with its launch as a best-seller, including a rank as the #1 selling book…
Me, My Dad and The Queen In March of 1983, I was living in Yosemite National Park when Queen Elizabeth II came through on a tour. The Queen came to California as one of her regular jaunts around the globe to meet dignitaries, see sights and spread good will. In this case, she’d been personally…
A woman seeks out my husband daily and shows me how to be better at loving There is another woman in our town who loves my husband. Her name is Pam. Every time she sees him, which is sometimes five days a week, when they part ways she raises her crumpled hand in the air…
The Sixth Storm named by the Oregonian as a new and notable teen book for spring! Authors of the Pacific Northwest Podcast features Kim and Libby, The Sixth Storm, and Dancing Moon Press KCBY Interviews Kim&Libby – we’re on TV man! Bend Magazine May/June issue Q&A with the Sixth Storm girls See Kim and Libby…
Released March 1st! EVENTS March 1, Central Oregon Daily, Bend, Oregon, TV Interview, 3:15 p.m. March 1, At Liberty, Muse Conference, Bend, Oregon, Book Signing, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 5, Joolz Restaurant, Bend, Oregon, Launch Party! 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 16, Deschutes Public Library, Bend, Oregon, Local Authors Fair, 2 p.m. April 27, Portland…
This one is my ode to grief. Originally published by Hip Mama, 2018 Hip Mama published one of my early essays, 15 years prior, about this same life experience. Feels extra appropriate that they chose to publish this one, too. Baking Cupcakes for the Dead Fifteen years ago, my first baby was born…
Read this fantastic article by Kim Himstreet in the Bend Bulletin to learn all about my co-author Libby Findling and me and our quest for publishing, our upcoming book, and the crazy plot twist that happened along the way. Bend Author Becomes Publisher
