Kim Cross

Author

Boise, Idaho

Storyteller

Kim Cross

Author

Boise, Idaho

Storyteller

Featured
NOEL + LEON
Gold Lowell Thomas Award; Featured by: Apple News audio, Longform, Pocket, Sunday Longread
Bicycling
The King of Tides
Gold Lowell Thomas Award; Best American Sports Writing 2016
Southwest magazine
The Crossing
International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award
Cooking Light
The Redemption of Artis Monroe
Featured Best American Sports Writing 2019. Restoring old bikes in prison was a vehicle for freedom.
Bicycling
What Stands in a Storm
Gold Lowell Thomas Award; two MIN Awards (print and online). The magazine feature that evolved into the book.
Southern Living
When syncopation rocks a nation: “Hamilton” enthralls fifth-graders
An analytical riff on the next-level narrative craftsmanship of this storytelling masterpiece.
Nieman Storyboard
Marianne Vos is the Boss
The world’s best bike racer is a woman and inadvertent activist, taking on the fight against gender inequality in a sport whose future has to involve knocking down a few doors.
Outside
Take These Broken Wings
He lost both hands and feet at 21. But his hardest trial was vying for a spot on the Paralympic Team.
SB Nation
The $37 Billion Oil Spill
SPECIAL REPORT: On the 5-year anniversary of the BP spill, a look at what the science says.
Outside
The Art of Losing
In the biggest race of our lives, we learn that sometimes you have more to gain from losing
ESPN
The Last Faulkner
A rare, inside glimpse of a sometimes-impenetrable Southern literary icon, from his niece.
Southern Living
Angle of Repose: Jackson Hole bike trails
The story of the handshake that ended illegal trail building on Teton Pass.
Bike

About

Kim Cross

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Kim Cross is the author of the NYT best-selling What Stands in a Storm, winner of the Fitzgerald Museum Prize for Excellence in Writing and the American Society of Journalists and Authors book award for general nonfiction. A full-time freelance writer, she has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of American Travel Writers, and the Media Industry Newsletter. Her writing has appeared in the Best American Sports Writing and on Apple News. She lives in Idaho.