Kim Goldberg

Kim Goldberg is the author of multiple books of poetry and nonfiction including Devolution (2020), Red Zone (2009), Ride Backwards on Dragon (2007), and Where to See Wildlife on Vancouver Island (1997). Her quirky, reality-bending poems and fables have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies in North America and abroad. Her first poetry collection, Ride Backwards on Dragon, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her Red Zone collection of poems on urban homelessness has been taught in university literature courses. Her Devolution collection of poems and fables of ecopocalypse was hailed for its “lines that literally take your breath away” by the Vancouver Sun.

Kim holds a degree in biology from University of Oregon and is an avid bird-watcher and field naturalist. Before turning to poetry and speculative fiction, she was a freelance journalist covering environmental issues. She lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Twitter: @KimPigSquash