“hilarious and heartbreaking”

–Malena Watrous, If You Follow Me

 
 

“In the Event of Death will challenge the way you think about death, and make you laugh and cry while you rejoice in a family’s resilience.”

—Tracey Lange, New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans

Kimberly Young author of In the Event of Death book


Born in the Midwest and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kimberly Young attended Dartmouth College. She received her Master of Arts from Stanford University, where she was a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellow. She began her career as an advertising copywriter and marketing consultant and worked with clients ranging from startups to Apple. In the Event of Death is her debut novel, set in the suburbs of Silicon Valley. Kim and her husband have three grown children and split their time between California and the mountains of Idaho.