Kim Nelson

Kim Nelson is an award-winning author whose published works include the non-fiction A Desert Gardener’s Companion (Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2001), the recipient of Foreword Magazine’s Book of The Year Award, and Southwest Kitchen Garden (Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2002). She spent 5 years writing a regular column for Sunset magazine, and many more as a freelance writer.


Under the pseudonym Kate McLaughlin, she wrote Mommy I’m Still in Here, One Family’s Journey with Bipolar Disorder, which was published by Behler Publications in 2008.

Finishing Line Press released a chapbook of Nelson’s poetry, Woman’s Evolution, in May 2011.

Nelson lives in Tucson, Arizona where she writes, creates art, gardens, plays, and generally loves her life. See her other work at: Kim Nelson Writes