Kim Frank is a writer and editor crafting long-form stories with some of the world’s top photographers, together highlighting conservation, exploration, and adventure across the globe. Recent publications include co-writing and editing Amaze by SeaLegacy founder, Cristina Mittermeier and Born to Ice by National Geographic photographer, Paul Nicklen (Amazon Editor’s 2018 Art Book Pick), and ghostwriting the book’s foreword for Leonardo DiCaprio (teNeues Publishing). A Fellow of The Explorers Club, Kim’s work is published in The Explorers Journal, Maptia, American Literary Review, Sidetracked Magazine for Adventure Travel, Shadowgraph, DuPont Registry, Blackbird Literary Journal, Colorado Review, and in SVPN Magazine (premier lifestyle magazine for resort town, Sun Valley) where she served as Editor from 2014-2017.
A 2014 Idaho Literature Fellow with an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers and an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania, Kim is a 2013 UCross Artist Residency Fellow. She teaches workshops, consults individuals, and guides organizations on the art and craft of storytelling. Current projects include: writing partnership with oceans and apex predator fine-art photographer, Matt Draper, work on a novel set in the US and China about adoption, and book and documentary in development with Inflatable Film about the human-elephant conflict in Northern India.
To inquire about writing and editing projects, conducting storytelling workshops or consulting, please contact Kim at: kim@kimfrankwriter.com