Kim Fairley
My new book, Swimming for my Life will be out on October 11, 2022. I am the author of "Shooting Out the Lights: A Memoir," and “Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition,” The University of New Mexico Press, 2002.
I have a BFA from the University of Southern California and an MFA from the University of Michigan.
Works
Shooting Out the Lights: A Memoir
When Fairley fell in love with and married fifty-seven-year-old Vern when she was twenty-four, something about him―his quirkiness, his humor, his devilish smile―made her feel an immediate connection with him. She quickly became pregnant, but instead of the idyllic interlude she’d imagined as she settled into married life and planned for their family, their love was soon tested by the ghosts of Vern’s past―a town, a house, a family, a memory.
Shooting Out the Lights, published by She Writes Press, explores the challenges faced in a loving marriage, the ongoing, wrenching aftermath of gun violence, and the healing that comes with confronting the past.
"Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition"
Awards and Recognition
- 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite Shortlisted for the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards
Website
Location
Ann Arbor, MI
Author Contact
Category
General Non-Fiction, Biography & History, Essays
publicist Contact
Sharon Bially