Kim O'Brien grew up daydreaming alongside the sprawling rivers and live oaks of the Texas hill country.

With starry-eyed visions of travel and influence, O'Brien pursued a Journalism degree from Texas State University. Quickly after graduation, the politics of media got her down, and she looked for other writing opportunities. After seven years of writing professionally, O'Brien returned to the hill country and published her first young adult novel, Wildfire, inspired by the most ravaging fire in Texas history, and the humanity roused by destruction.

Her second book, Avalanche, released in paperback in August 2016.