Kim Bradley grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, and studied journalism at Auburn University. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of New Orleans. Her short fiction has appeared in Natural Bridge, The Louisville Review, Bayou, Southern Indiana Review, Real South Magazine, Needle: A Magazine of Noir, and the Southern Humanities Review. Other work is forthcoming in 2022 from The Broadkill Review, and Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art. Her short story collection, Spillway, published by Stephen F. Austin University Press won the Silver medal in the 2022 Florida Book Awards General Fiction category. She teaches creative writing and composition at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida.