Kim Curran

Kim Curran is an author, freelance creative director and writing mentor. She has published six books for young people and two books for adults, including the Irish Times Bestseller, Brigid.

As well as winning numerous awards in her time as an advertising creative director, Kim was shortlisted for the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer award, 2012, and her short story, ‘A Woman Out of Time’, about the outstanding eighteenth-century French mathematician and natural philosopher Émilie du Châtelet was selected for the 2014 James Tiptree Jr award honor list.

Kim believes passionately in encouraging people to find their creative voice and runs workshops on embracing fear in creativity at schools and colleges. She is a Patron of Reading at her old school, where she works to encourage a culture of reading for pleasure.

She holds a degree in Philosophy and Literature from Sussex University and is always taking up new hobbies. So far has done everything from fencing and boxing to climbing and even spoon whittling, all to prepare her for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. She lives in West London with her husband and dog.