In November 2018, Bachelor Girl was included among Indigo’s Most Gifted Books in their Holiday Bookshop.
On October 8, 2018, Kim gave an interview to the Front Street Journal ahead of her reading at Reading Area Community College.
On October 9, 2018, Kim gave a reading from Bachelor Girl at Susquehannah College as part of the Seavey Reading Series.
Watch a video of the event here.
On April 26, 2018, Bachelor Girl appeared for the sixth week on The Toronto Star’s list of bestsellers.
On April 13, 2018, Bachelor Girl appeared at number 2 on The Globe and Mail bestsellers list.
On March 20, 2018, Kim appeared on GoodDayPA’s Author Spotlight to discuss Bachelor Girl.
In March 2018, Bachelor Girl was picked as one of Indigo’s Best Books of the Month.
On March 12, 2018, Bachelor Girl was included on amNewYork’s list of “Female-driven Novels to pick up during Women's History Month.”
On March 9, 2018, Bachelor Girl was included in The Toronto Star’s article Historical Fiction That Will Absorb You.
On December 6, 2015, Orphan #8 appeared on The New York Times Best Sellerslist.
In November 2015, Kim sat down with Jeff Wood, owner of Whistlestop Bookshop in Carlisle, PA, to discuss the research, hard work, and happenstance that led to Kim writing and publishing her first novel. Watch the full interview here.
In October 2015, Orphan #8 was selected by the Women's National Book Association as a Great Group Read.
On September 22, 2015, Kim wrote a guest column “8 Rules of Writing Historical Fiction Research”for The Writer’s Dig, the online blog of Writer’s Digest.
In August 2015, Kim wrote a guest post Guest Post for the New York Academy of Medicine Blog “X-raying Orphans: Fictionalizing Medical History in Orphan #8”about what she learned about X-ray treatments on Jewish orphans in the early 20th century, the ethics involved with medical experimentation, and how she tried to deal with this subject matter in fiction.
Orphan #8 was included in the August 2015 Indie Next List from IndieBound.org.
In August 2015, Orphan #8 was chosen as a Target Club Pickto be published in a special Club Pick edition with 5000 signed copies.
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