A Normal Life

Kim M. Rich is the author of Johnny’s Girl the nationally acclaimed memoir of growing up in Alaska’s underworld as the only child of gambler John F. “Johnny” Rich and exotic dancer, Frances “Ginger” Rich. Johnny’s Girl chronicles Alaska’s mean streets and her parent’s tragic lives cut short. Rich’s father was murdered when she was 15; her mother had died a year later in a psychiatric institute. The book was reviewed and featured by, among others, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, NPR, Glamour magazine and Entertainment Weekly. The book was adapted into a Hallmark film starring Treat Williams which aired on ABC and is still in syndication. Rich’s undergraduate studies were in Journalism. She began her career with the Pulitzer-Prize winning Anchorage Daily News. She possesses an M.F.A. in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University. She continues to write and teach college. She currently lives in Lafayette, LA, with her husband and three teen daughters.

Dedication

Neverland

Peaceful, Easy Feeling

The ‘Hey, Wow, Man’ School

‘Back to Nature’ is Hazardous to Your Health

A Warm Hat, a Whale, and a C in Chemistry

A Normal Life, Round One

The Right Stuff

New York, New York

The Writing Division

Circling the Center

Being Published

Grandpa and the Gypsies

It’s All Material

A Crossroads

A Normal Life, Round Two

Breast Cancer

When You Wish Upon a Star