Kim Cross is a New York Times Best-Selling author, journalist, and historian known for meticulously reported narrative nonfiction. Her stories have been recognized in “Best of” lists by the New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review, The Sunday Longread, Longform, Apple News Audio, and Best American Sports Writing.

“…incredible story-telling… like a Rudyard Kipling tale from the exotic east.” —Lowell Thomas Awards

“… a force of nature with a poetic, soul-searing narrative…”
—Charlayne Hunter Gault, NPR, PBS, CNN

“Her verbs pulsate, her narrative web sucks you in.”
—Beth Macy, Dopesick, Factory Man, Truevine

“A new star has appeared in our literary sky.”
—Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers