Elizabeth Cody Kimmel lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter and beagle (there may also be some sort of cat). When she is not reading or writing, she enjoys staring out the window, and once chased a raccoon out of a garbage can using only a small stick and a piercing shriek.

NAME:
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

PLACE & DATE OF BIRTH:
New York City, October 23 1964

FAVOURITE BOOK:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

FAVOURITE FILM:
Raiders of the Lost Ark

MOST TREASURED POSSESSION:
My Charles Dickens signature

When did you start writing?
As soon as I learned how to grip a crayon.

Where do you get your ideas and inspiration from?
What I read and what I live.

Can you give your top 3 tips to becoming a successful author
1. Read everything, bad is as important as good.
2. Write even when you don’t have to.
3. Work in the publishing industry.

Favourite memory
Camping with friends miles from civilization.

Favourite place in the world and why?
The top of Bull Hill – I can see the world but I am still close ...

NAME:
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

PLACE & DATE OF BIRTH:
New York City, October 23 1964

FAVOURITE BOOK:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

FAVOURITE FILM:
Raiders of the Lost Ark

MOST TREASURED POSSESSION:
My Charles Dickens signature

When did you start writing?
As soon as I learned how to grip a crayon.

Where do you get your ideas and inspiration from?
What I read and what I live.

Can you give your top 3 tips to becoming a successful author
1. Read everything, bad is as important as good.
2. Write even when you don’t have to.
3. Work in the publishing industry.

Favourite memory
Camping with friends miles from civilization.

Favourite place in the world and why?
The top of Bull Hill – I can see the world but I am still close to home.

What are your hobbies?
Reading, singing in the choir, hiking, rock-climbing.

If you hadn’t been a writer what do you think you would have been?
Bummed out.