Kim Barnes found a household name in contemporary American literature after publishing A Country Called Home.
She is an award-winning author and a prominent figure in literary styles such as fiction, memoir, and personal essays.
Barnes’s works are widely recognized for its rich settings, gorgeous prose, and gripping thriller. Her memoir In the Wilderness was nominated for Pulitzer Prize and the book became a finalist in that year.
But there is more than what meets the eye. Let’s get into the details of Kim Barnes wiki, bio, age, and height.
Kim Barnes wiki, bio, age, and height
American author Kim Barnes was born in the year 1958. Since her accurate birth date isn’t published, her age, as of 2019, is somewhere between 60-61.
According to her profile in Goodreads, Kim’s original birthplace is Lewiston, Idaho, the United States. Following a week of her birth, Barnes’s mother moved to Orofino Creek- a city in the county seat of Clearwater National Forest.
At that time, Kim Barnes’s father used to work as a lumberjack in the logging industry. Till the age of 12, she lived with her family in Clearwater neighborhood.
Writer Kim Barnes was educated at Lewiston High School. She is the first member of her family to graduate and earn a college degree. For bachelors, she enrolled in Lewis–Clark State College and received B.A in English.
Soon after, A country called home author did her M.A from Washington State University and M.F.A on creative writing from the University of Montana.
Barnes writing career took a new height when she published a thrilling novel In the Kingdom of Men. The fictional book is critically acclaimed- especially the character development.
Kim Barnes husband, marriage, and children
In the Kingdom of Men author Kim Barnes is married to an American poet Robert Wrigley. The two are married since last several decades.
In age, Kim Barnes husband is currently 67 years old. He has an M.F.A in poetry from the University of Montana. The husband of this fictional writer is most popular for books like Earthly Meditations, In the bank of beautiful sins,Â
Kim Barnes and her long-term husband, Robert Wrigley, have three children. Together with their children and family, the author couple is living on Moscow Mountain.
Kim Barnes net worth and salary
A Country Called Home author Kim Barnes won 2009 PEN Center USA Literary Award in Fiction. Preceding that year The Washington Post named her novel as the best book of 2008.
Barnes works have been published in a number of journals and anthologies. Some of them include The New York Times, MORE Magazine, WSJ online, O Magazine, and many more.
As to Kim Barnes net worth, she owes a part of her fortune to the royalty of her works. Besides penning these fictions and memoirs, Kim also works as a professor of writing at the University of Idaho.
Reports from various sources reveal that professors in USA have an average salary of $98, 974 yearly. Barnes husband, Robert, also used to be a professor of creative writing in the same university.
Together Kim Barnes and her husband have a considerable net worth. The precise net worth figure is currently under review.
