Kim Antieau is an American writer, the author of novels, short stories and essays for adults and teenagers, including Mercy, Unbound, Ruby's Imagine, Coyote Cowgirl, The Jigsaw Woman and The Gaia Websters. She has also published The Salmon Mysteries, a guidebook to a reimagining of the Eleusinian Mysteries, and The Making of an Indie Writer about her decision to break with traditional publishing. Born in Louisiana, she grew up outside of Brighton, Michigan. She graduated from Eastern Michigan University and lives with her husband, Canadian poet Mario Milosevic, in the Northwest. Aside from writing books, she works as a librarian.