Kimmy Van Kooten, first and foremost is a wife and mother of 11 children. Kimmy spends what little free time she has, "freelancing", her poetry, short stories, pen and ink drawings, photography and graphic design works,  while incorporating God, her family life, growing up on the farm , trials of life, nature, romance and a little humor of course! "I like the variety in life seen through my eyes of everything I write..." From the Upper Lake in northern New Jersey, to the lower Lehigh Valley in Allentown , PA... to the sands of Daytona Beach and, now... the quiet and quaint of Saint Augustine, Florida~ I have Lived!...therefore, I write! Kimmy is th 7th child of 16, so, to find a hiding place to collect a bit of silence in some little nook, was and still is, her quest, yes, even with their brood! :)     

Member of the Ancient City Poets, Jane's Stories Press Foundation,
and The St. Johns County Cultural Council.
Most recent published works include, Future Earth Magazine, front cover art;
Further Monthly, front cover art and prose,
The Attic, art and prose, The Work Book by Chris Boder, back cover art,
Logo design for Jane's Stories Press Foundation, Outsider Writers, Incantations in Blue,
Hoi Polloi~ A Literary Journal for the Rest of Us, Art and prose,
Taj Mahal Review, Art and prose, Mississippi Crow Magazine, prose...I'm on a roll! :)