About Kim Garee
All the Words!
I don’t see them as career shifts … just different ways of using and celebrating words. And I take a piece of each with me to the next!
First I was a
REPORTER at The Buckeye Lake Beacon and This Week News. I got to be part of the whole process at The Beacon right out of college, from stories to photos to layout. I met so many amazing people and learned to write differently than I had in English Major school. I won the Osman C. Hooper Features writing award during that time because my heart was, and always will be, in Human Interest.
Then I became a
TEACHER at Northridge High School, almost by accident. Talk about Human Interest! I found another sweet spot here teaching writing to all grades but, eventually, to upperclassmen in college composition classes. I taught Journalism, Newspaper, Creative Writing, and Technical Writing, as well. I knew I was blessed to get to talk about writing all day long with really nifty people.
And now I’m a
LIBRARIAN for grades 6-12 at Northridge, still teaching about research and information literacy as I continue to wallow in books, articles, and STORY all day long.
As it turns out, I’m also now an
AUTHOR! I wrote my first novel in fourth grade about a band of stray dogs that took over running the U.S. from the White House (yes, there were cute illustrations). I did another in seventh grade about indentured servants in the American colonies (unfortunately, this included gruesome illustrations). I’ve published some poems and short stories and a literacy article. Now, I’m excited to put a book out there for other people to actually see. Look for the Together series through Mt. Zion Ridge Press: Pressed Together (May '24), Packed Together (December '24), and Patched Together (September '25) (I didn't illustrate these, no matter how tempting!)
