A lifelong fascination with fairy tales and legends set Kim Rendfeld on her quest to write fiction.

She grew up in New Jersey and earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University. A former journalist, Kim has spent almost twenty years in public relations for universities. She has also written three novels set in early medieval times and is working on a fourth.

Kim, a member of the Historical Novel Society, lives in Illinois with her husband and their spoiled cats. The couple has a daughter and four grandchildren.

For more about Kim, visit kimrendfeld.com.