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Kim Edwards

American Author

Born: May 4, 1958

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Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe that's why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried. Kim Edwards

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The way we behave, our views and outlooks really have their sources some place. They come from somewhere. Sometimes we don't even know what they are, and yet they're very powerful in our lives. Kim Edwards

Sometimes Somewhere Our Way Our Lives Some Powerful Come Know Sources Very Behave Place Really Views Even Lives

I find my husband's family history fascinating, as they can trace the family lineage back to ancestors who fought, and died, in the first battle of the Revolution, as well as to many other interesting people. Kim Edwards

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories. Kim Edwards

Beautiful Good Writing Words Language Reflect Telling Poetry Good Stories Remembered Powerful Concerns Want Stories Thematic Using Compelling

One of my greatest times of inspiration is when I'm traveling or living in a new country - there's a tremendous freedom that comes from being unfettered by your own, familiar culture, and by seeing the world from a different point of view. Kim Edwards

I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story. Kim Edwards

Beautiful People Lose Think Tell Hear Stories Story Ever Desire

We all have secrets. We've all kept secrets. We've had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels. Kim Edwards

Secrets Had Feels Know How Us Kept

After 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again. Kim Edwards

Myself Me Memory World Space Psychic Internet Daughter Few Took Months Out Write Had Sort Sink Off After Again Turn Turn-Off Really Away Keeper Shut

Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life. Kim Edwards

Life Sometimes My Life Though Autobiographical Stories Use Things

'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel. Kim Edwards

Dreams Become Enough Critical Critical Mass Mass Over Ideas Until Years Gradually Grew Lake Gained Many Novel Elements

I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s. Kim Edwards

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I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I'd end up. I made it, and I'm proud of the determination and persistence that took. Kim Edwards

Persistence Determination Remember Old Made Feeling Took Would Would-Be No Idea About Having Idea Proud Years End Up Forever Shore Middle Where Lake Across Mile

I like clothes that are elegant and comfortable. Kim Edwards

Clothes Like Comfortable Elegant

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