Kim Baldwin

{{short description|American writer}}

Kim Baldwin is an American writer. Combined, her novels have won an IPPY Award,{{Cite web|title=2010 Medalists|url=https://ippyawards.com/108/medalists/2010-medalists|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Independent Publisher Book Awards|date=18 September 2010 }} Lambda Literary Award,{{Cite web|date=2012-06-05|title=24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/06/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}} and multiple Golden Crown Literary Awards.{{Cite web|title=Award Winners for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/RomSuspWinners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}{{Cite web|title=Award Winners of 2014|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2014Winners?&hhsearchterms=%22kim+and+baldwin%22|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}{{Cite web|title=Award Winners of 2012|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2012Winners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}{{Cite web|title=Award Winners of 2016|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2016Winners?&hhsearchterms=%22kim+and+baldwin%22|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}} She also received The Alice B. Medal, which honors lifetime achievement for lesbian writers.{{Cite web|title=Past Alice B Medal Winners|url=http://www.alicebawards.org/pastbios.html|access-date=2022-01-17|website=The Alice B Awards}}

Personal life

Baldwin lives in a cabin in a national forest in northern Michigan with two cats.{{Cite web|title=biography|url=https://www.kimbaldwin.com/biography|access-date=2022-01-17|website=kimbaldwin|language=en}}

She enjoys photography and traveling. She first traveled to Europe when she was 14, then returned at 18 with Suitcase Theater. Since then, she has traveled globally.

Career

For 20 years, Baldwin worked as a writer for CNN and eventually became editorial director.

Awards and honors

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!Year

!Work

!Award/Honor

!Result

!Ref.

2008

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|Alice B. Medal

|Recipient

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2010

|Thief of Always

|Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Thriller

|Winner

|{{Cite web|title=Award Winners for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/RomSuspWinners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

2011

|Missing Lynx

|Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue

|Winner

|{{Cite web|title=Award Winners for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/RomSuspWinners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

2011

|Missing Lynx

|Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

|Finalist

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2012

|Dying to Live

|Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

|Winner

|

2016

|One Last Thing

|Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Thriller

|Winner

|{{Cite web|title=Award Winners for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/RomSuspWinners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}{{Cite web|title=Award Winners of 2016|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2016Winners?&hhsearchterms=%22kim+and+baldwin%22|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

2014

|The Gemini Deception

|Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Thriller

|Winner

|{{Cite web|title=Award Winners for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/RomSuspWinners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}{{Cite web|title=Award Winners of 2014|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2014Winners?&hhsearchterms=%22kim+and+baldwin%22|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

2012

|Dying To Live

|Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Thriller

|Winner

|{{Cite web|title=Award Winners for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/RomSuspWinners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}{{Cite web|title=Award Winners of 2012|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2012Winners|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

2011

|Breaking the Ice

|IPPY for Romance

|Winner (silver)

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Publications

= Alaska series =

  • Whitewater Rendezvous (2006)
  • Breaking the Ice (2009)
  • High Impact (2011)

= Elite Operatives series =

  • Lethal Affairs (2008)
  • Thief of Always (2009)
  • Missing Lynx (2010)
  • Dying to Live (2011)
  • Demons are Forever, with Xenia Alexiou (2012)
  • The Gemini Deception, with Xenia Alexiou (2013)
  • One Last Thing (2015)

= Short stories =

  • "Overdue," in Erotic Interludes 2: Stolen Moments (2005)
  • "The French Lesson,” in Erotic Interludes 2: Lessons Learned (2006)
  • “Making Her Mine,” in Erotic Interludes 4: Extreme Passions
  • “Off the Menu,” in Erotic Interludes 5: Road Games (2007)
  • “Paradise Found," in Romantic Interludes 1: Discovery (2008)
  • “Meeting my Match," in Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets (2009)
  • Sleigh Ride: A short holiday fairy tale (2016)
  • The French Lesson (2019)

= Standalone novels =

  • Force of Nature (2005)
  • Hunter's Pursuit (2005)
  • Flight Risk (2007)
  • Focus of Desire (2007)
  • Taken by Storm (2014)

References

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