Romantic Suspense Author Kim Cox lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with her chainsaw artist husband of seventeen years, a dog and a cat. She's the mother of two grown sons, and a grandmother. A graduate of Writer's Digest's "Writing To Sell Fiction" and NRI's "Fiction Writing," she has been writing for 14 years—7 years seriously. Her first book, Suspicious Minds, became available March 2003 from Amber Quill Press. Her novella, Haunted Hearts, will be included in an anthology titled Enchanted Holidays and will be available in the near future through Hard Shell Word Factory.

Kim is a volunteer for Careers and Work, Writing and Publishing Forum on AOL, treasurer for World Romance Writers, past contest coordinator, treasurer and secretary for From The Heart Online RWA Chapter. She's the General Manager and part owner of the Author and Reader's Web site, Word Museum.

Her articles of the WWI and WWII eras were published in BlueShingles, The Writer's Research Journal; an essay she wrote on the death of Princess Diana received a byline in True Story's Special Edition on Diana's Death. Other publishing credits include an author interview published in two RWA Chapter newsletters, short stories and book and movie reviews. Her short stories have been published in True Love Magazine, The Pen Is Mightier and various RWA Chapter newsletters. Kim's article on "Creating Your Own Personal Web Page" is available through Our Mail Network's Infoproducts Upclose and Factual web page.

Kim has two shorts in Crumbs In The Keyboard, published in Spring 2002. With five more works in process, she is also working on another romantic suspense novel, a mystery, a women's fiction and a historical romance. Visit Kim at http://www.kimcox.org, http://www.writerpages.com/kimcox, and http://www.authorsden.com/kimcox.