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Kim Church

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Born

in Lexington, NC, The United States

Website

http://www.kimchurch.com/

Genre

Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Member Since

September 2009

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Kim Church is the author of Byrd (Dzanc Books), winner of the Crooks Corner Book Prize, a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the SIBA Book Award.

Her new novel, Lena and Rae, a story of sisterhood set during the deadly textile strikes of the 1920s and 30s, is coming from Dzanc Books in 2027.

Kim's short work has appeared in The Sun Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Shenandoah, Painted Bride Quarterly, Mississippi Review, The Great Books Foundation Short Story Omnibus, and elsewhere. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has received fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council and residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Millay Colony for the Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. Sh ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 827 ratings · 153 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Byrd 3.79 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	گ‍ل‍ول‍ه‌: م‍ج‍م‍وع‍ه‌ داس‍ت‍ان‌ه‍ای م‍ی‍ن‍ی‌‌م‍ال‌ by اسدالله امرایی (Translator), Jean Cocteau, Tom Hawkins 3.17 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Byrd by Kim Church (2014-03-18) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kim Church rated a book it was amazing True Grit by Charles Portis	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When Michael Parker said this was the funniest book he'd ever read, I thought he was kidding -- only because I hadn't read it yet. ...more
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Kim Church rated a book really liked it Earth's the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Loved reading this book with my sister.
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Kim Church rated a book really liked it Earth's the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Loved reading this book with my sister.
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Kim Church has read The Waiting (Harry Bosch, #25; Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kim Church rated a book it was amazing We Shall Not All Sleep by Tony Woodlief (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kim Church rated a book really liked it The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Addie believes in books. They are more interesting than real life and easier to understand. Sometimes you can guess the ending. Things usually work out, and if they don't, you can always tell yourself it was only a book.”
― Kim Church, Byrd

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“Neither of them thinks of love like they used to, as something to be fallen into, like a bed or a pit. It isn't big and deep and abstract. Love is particulate. It's fine. It accumulates like dust.”
― Kim Church, Byrd

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“She handles the books tenderly, a glow of utter devotion on here face.”
― Kim Church, Byrd

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