Alabama Authors Directory

The Alabama Authors Directory is a resource for readers, editors, publishers, educators, librarians, program planners, and the simply curious to discover and learn more about writers with connections to the state.

Authors directly submit their entries via this form, including publications, availability for programs and workshops, and contact information. Easily searchable and updated, the directory will grow and become more valuable with each entry.

Alabama authors are writing in every genre, for every age and interest, and in just about every corner of the world. From the new and emerging to the underknown to the best known, the Alabama Authors Directory is a resource to discover writers and works that reflect our rich, lively literary culture.

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Kimberly Love

Hometown: Huntsville, AL Lives in: ,

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  • Email: ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com

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About Kimberly Love

Genres: Fiction

Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person, Remote

Bio: Kimberly S. Love was born and raised in the Appalachian foothills of Huntsville, Alabama. She left home to study literature and language at Tuskegee University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She continued her studies at the University of Virginia (UVA), where her career began, teaching composition and literature courses and leading African American Studies sections. She received a PhD in English Language and Literature from UVA.
Austin Creek, her debut novel, is …Read More available to order today!
Her other publications appear in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Root Work Journal, and Auburn Avenue. An essay is forthcoming in The Southern Quarterly.
She spends her free time playing with her nephew, appreciating and listening to nature, trying to grow her own food, and coaching other writers.

Works:

Austin Creek, The Legacy Collective 2025

Awards:

South Arts Literary Project Grant

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