Kim Hansen is a self-taught artist with 27 years experience. She owns and operates JK Hansen Studios in Gilbert, Arizona (f/k/a Custom Murals and Designs.) Her work has been showcased throughout Colorado, Florida and Arizona. In addition to being an artist, Kim is an investigative researcher and the Amazon best selling children's author and illustrator of THE ADVENTURES OF SHERIFF WILLIKER picture book series.  The Sheriff Williker series was inspired by Kim's childhood memories growing up in a small lake community in northwest Iowa. Her Grandpa Griffee was the Marshall of Superior, Iowa and her inspiration for Sheriff Williker--whom Kim named after a saying her mom often said, 'Gee whiz willikers!'

She now lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her husband John. Their adopted adult daughter and son, and two grandsons live nearby. Kim is currently working on book no. 3 in the Sheriff Williker series "The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse."