Kimberly Hensle Lowrance is a writer at work on her first novel. Her other writing can be found in the Boston Globe, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Embark Literary Journal, Mothers Always Write, and THE PANDEMIC MIDLIFE CRISIS: GEN X WOMEN ON THE BRINK anthology, among other outlets.
Most recently, Kimberly was a producer and on-air host for A Mighty Blaze, an online literary platform co-founded in 2020 by authors Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum. Kimberly co-hosted Authors Love Bookstores, interviewing booksellers and bestselling and award-winning authors, including Judy Blume, Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Curtis Sittenfeld, Susan Orlean, and many, many others.
Kimberly’s other roles include nonprofit director, consultant, blogger (her blog, Red Shutters, was active between 2008 and 2020, and some older posts can still be found on this site), volunteer, and elected official. She is also a cancer survivor, mom, traveler, and booklover.