K.T. Blakemore grew up in the west and never left. Her novel THE GOOD TIME GIRLS is the first in the Wild-Willed Women of the West Series, featuring women who take no prisoners and succeed through sheer grit, determination, and a parcel of luck. 
 
She also writes award-winning historical suspense and young adult historical fiction under the pen name Kim Taylor Blakemore. Awards include a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award, Tucson Festival of Book Literary Award, and a WILLA Award for Best YA Fiction.
 
She is a member of Historical Novel Society, Women's Fiction Writers Association, and Women Writing the West.
 
In addition to writing, she runs the Novelitics ranch, providing developmental editing, novel coaching workshops. She teaches editing and craft workshops to writing groups around the U.S.
 
She has hung her hat in California, Colorado, and currently the Pacific Northwest. The rain does not deter her research whether it be train timetables from 1905 or the best way to catch a loose horse.