Kimberly Colen

Colen was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of William Joel Colen and Artyce Joan Aronson Colen. Her father owned a brick company,{{Cite news |last=Ramstad |first=Evan |date=1991-09-29 |title=A brick for do-it-yourself homeowners |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-college-station-eagle-a-brick-for/140133408/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |pages=21 |via=Newspapers.com}} and her mother was an artist. She graduated from Hillcrest High School,Hillcrest High School, The 1975 Panther (1975 yearbook): 40. via Ancestry. and from the University of Texas at Austin in 1979.University of Texas at Austin. Cactus 1979 (1979 yearbook): 522. via Ancestry.

Colen mainly wrote books for young readers, published by the Scholastic Corporation, including My Hanukkah Book, My Birthday Book, and Our Class Memory Album. She also co-edited Hold Fast Your Dreams, a collection of twenty commencement speeches.{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Cris |date=1996-06-26 |title=Huckleberry Bookshelf: Summer reading selections |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-country-today-huckleberry-bookshelf/140129649/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=The Country Today |pages=28 |via=Newspapers.com}}

• My Hanukkah Book: Questions, Answers, Activities (1987, illustrated by Richard Rosenblum){{Cite news |date=1988-12-04 |title=All Booked Up: Colorful volumes make memorable gifts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-all-booked-up-colorful/140129251/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=Arizona Republic |pages=229 |via=Newspapers.com}}
• My Birthday Book (1988, illustrated by Carol Hudson)
• Our Class Memory Album (1993){{Cite book |last=Colen |first=Kimberly |url=http://archive.org/details/ourclassmemoryal0000cole |title=Our class memory album |date=1993 |publisher=New York : Scholastic Professional Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-590-49416-8}}
• Kids Can Care about Mammals and Learn about Responsibility! (1994, with Judy Mitchell illustrated by Gary Mohrman){{Cite book |last1=Colen |first1=Kimberly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhUUAQAAMAAJ&q=Kimberly%20Colen |title=Kids Can Care about Mammals and Learn about Responsibility! |last2=Mitchell |first2=Judy |date=1994 |publisher=Teaching & Learning Company |isbn=978-1-57310-004-5 |language=en}}
• A Note from Your Teacher (1995, illustrated by Darcy Tom){{Cite book |last=Colen |first=Kimberly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVhjXY3AUfwC&q=Kimberly+Colen |title=Note from Your Teacher (ENHANCED eBook) |date=1995-03-01 |publisher=Lorenz Educational Press |isbn=978-1-4291-1118-8 |language=en}}
• Peas and Honey: Recipes for Kids (1995, illustrated by Mandy Victor){{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Marjorie N. |date=1995-07-23 |title=Berkshire native illustrates recipes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-berkshire-native-ill/140129075/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=The Berkshire Eagle |pages=44 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4cQAQAAMAAJ&dq=Kimberly+Colen&pg=PA4 |title=Peas and Honey: Recipes for Kids (with a Pinch of Poetry) |date=1995 |publisher=Wordsong, Boyds Mills Press |isbn=978-1-56397-062-7 |language=en}}
• Hold Fast to Your Dreams: Twenty Commencement Speeches (1996; co-editor, with Carrie Boyko){{Cite book |title=Hold fast your dreams: twenty commencement speeches |date=1996 |publisher=Scholastic |isbn=978-0-590-50956-5 |editor-last=Boyko |editor-first=Carrie |location=New York |editor-last2=Colen |editor-first2=Kimberly}}
• The Only Baby-Sitting Book You'll Ever Need: a Guide for Parents (1997; with Judy Mitchell, illustrated by Lucyna A. M. Green){{Cite book |last1=Colen |first1=Kimberly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=prhAVIeY2xoC&q=Kimberly%20Colen |title=The Only Baby-Sitting Book You'll Ever Need: A Guide for Parents |last2=Mitchell |first2=Judy |last3=Green |first3=Lucyna A. M. |date=November 1997 |publisher=Teaching & Learning Company |isbn=978-1-57310-104-2 |language=en}}

Colen married psychiatrist Alan David Koenigsberg in 1994. She died in 2001 after complications from skin cancer. The Kimberly Colen Memorial Grant was given annually in her honor by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and her family, to one or two promising children's author looking to get their first book published.{{Cite book |last=Schwartz |first=Tina P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qaGvuzZkql4C&dq=Kimberly+Colen&pg=PA243 |title=Writing and Publishing: The Ultimate Teen Guide |date=2009-12-31 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6936-3 |pages=243 |language=en}}

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