Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom started writing in 1982 at the ripe old age of 9. Her fourth grade teacher sparked her interest in poetry and story writing for extra credit. "I was never great in math and wanted to do all I could in school to make up for that fact." says Kimberley. Her first published poem, My Favorite Color Is Pink, appeared in a local paper that year.
Kimberley has received many awards for her achievements in poetry writing. She has been nominated as Best Poet of the 90's, Best Poems 1995, 1996, and 2007. She has also received Editor's Choice Awards for 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005, and 2007. She was also just recently named as one of Lulu's top creators for her books on Fibromyalgia.
Author Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom, at the age of 30, became strickened with severe pain in her back and knees. "I tried to shrug it off for as long as I could, and then one day, I couldn't get up from a seated position because I had no feeling in my legs. I knew then, that this was something more than just aches and pains." Mrs. Linstruth-Beckom became diagnosed with Fibromyalgia two years later in late 2005. "That was a difficult day in my life because my husband and I struggled with the life-changing decision for me to leave my comfortable 18 year career in retail management, to stay at home with my then, one daughter to get better. I wrote my resignation and handed it in, only to feel bad at first that I made the wrong decision. You can feel guilty because you know you have to depend on someone else to help and provide for you. But I soon realized that I was letting a job define me instead of having myself be defined as a person."
The author began to expand her writing to full length books in 2006 to include not only poetry, but also inspirational self-help books on the sydrome known as Fibromyalgia. She has also just released a humorous book on the relationship between mother and daughter in the early years.
Kimberley resides in Connecticut with her husband, two daughters, two cats, two frogs, and several tropical fish and plants.
