Kim Strickland is a Chicago based writer and pilot with two published novels, Down at the Golden Coin and Wish Club. Her third book is currently in the works.

A native Chicagoan, Kim still lives in the city with her husband, a 20-year-old Plecostomus and a dog.

All three of her children have been successfully launched, although she wishes one of them would return to get that fish. Her day job is Captain on Boeing 767’s.