Kimberly Williams

Poet

Gladstone, QLD
Australia
Queensland AU

Author's Bio

Kimberly K. Williams is the author of four books of poetry, Finally, the Moon, published by Stephen F. Austin State Universitiy Press (2017) and Sometimes a Woman, published by Recent Work Press (2021). Her third book of poems, Still Lives, was published in September 2022 from Life Before Man Press (NSW, imprint of Gazebo Books) and won a Canberra Critics Award. Her newest book, Following the Wagons: A Poetic Trail, is from Liquid Amber Press (2026), Melbourne. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UTEP and an MA in English from Case Western Reserve University. She completed her PhD from University of Canberra. She is originally from Detroit, Michigan.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Still Lives (Gazebo Books, 2022)
,
Sometimes a Woman (Recent Work Press, 2021)
,
Finally, the Moon (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2017)
Prizes won: 

2022 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Writing (for Still Lives)

2022 WILLA Literary Award in Poetry (for Sometimes a Woman)

2012 Bright Harvest Prize (Aquarius Press) 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Lucille Clifton, Alice Oswald, William Stafford, Tyehimba Jess

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Peekskill, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Detroit, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Jul 12, 2026