Middle grade author, Riley Kilmore holds a BA in Theatre Performance and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction—both from Seton Hill University. Graduating valedictorian of her police academy, she became one of the first women officers in Lancaster County, PA, where she was born and raised.

 

No stranger to shattering glass ceilings, Kilmore was also the first women firefighter in Lititz, PA, among the first women wildland firefighters nationally, and first woman inducted into her regional Jaycee’s.

 

Early in life, Kilmore studied in France and aboard the SS Universe (Semester at Sea Program) while it circumnavigated the world. Later, she enjoyed parachuting, backpacking, long-distance bicycling sojourns, and more travelling—especially relishing trips to Iceland, Ireland, Ukraine, and Germany.

 

She and her husband of 39 years parented six children (one of them adopted), navigating a broad spectrum of special needs along the way that included medical, developmental, educational, physical, mental, and emotional needs. Relocating to an Appalachian mountainside farm several decades back, they added horses, goats, cats, dogs, a rabbit (and one possum) to their family circle. Retired empty-nesters now, with only one dog, one goat, and two cats remaining, they appreciate the gentle pace and quiet of their secluded cabin home.

 

You can meet, contact, or catch-up with Riley online at www.rileykilmore.com or by subscribing to her weekly Substack (it’s free!), https://rileykilmore.substack.com/