KIMBALL, Cheryl 1957-

PERSONAL: Born August 9, 1957, in Portsmouth, NH; daughter of Walter H. and Joyce M. Kimball; married D. Jackson Savage, May 25, 2002. Education: University of New Hampshire, B.A. Hobbies and other interests: Horses.

ADDRESSES: Home—New Hampshire; fax: 603-755-3766. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Adams Media Corp., 57 Littlefield St., Avon, MA 02322. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Heinemann (publisher), Portsmouth, NH, publisher in trade division, 1990-96; Chronimed Publishing, Minneapolis, MN, publishing director, 1996-98; Adams Media Corp., Avon, MA, acquisitions editor, 1998-2000; freelance writer and editor, 2000—. New Hampshire Horse Council, member.

WRITINGS:

The Everything Horse Book: Buying, Riding, and Caring for Your Equine Companion, Adams Media (Avon, MA), 2002.

The Everything Get-out-of-Debt Book: Evaluate Your Options, Determine Your Course of Action, and Make a Fresh Start, Adams Media (Avon, MA), 2002.

Mindful Horsemanship: Increasing Your Awareness One Day at a Time, Carriage House (Middleton, NH), 2002.

(With Shannon R. Turlington and Christel A. Shea) The Everything Kid's Monsters Book: From Ghosts, Goblins, and Gremlins to Vampires, Were-wolves, and Zombies: Puzzles, Games, and Trivia Guaranteed to Keep You up at Night, Adams Media (Avon, MA), 2002.

The Everything Home Decorating Book, Adams Media (Avon, MA), 2003.

(With Milton Hammerly) What to Do When the Doctor Says It's PCOS, Fair Winds Press (Gloucester, MA), 2003.

(With Thomas Lyons) What to Do When the Doctor Says It's Endometriosis: Everything You Need to Know to Stop the Pain and Heal Your Fertility, Fair Winds Press (Gloucester, MA), 2003.

Outwitting Ants: 101 Truly Ingenious Methods and Proven Techniques to Prevent Ants from Devouring Your Garden and Destroying Your Home, Lyons Press (Guilford, CT), 2003.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Wisdom I Learned from My Horses (tentative title), Red Wheel Weiser, 2003; research on the history of manufacturing in the United States.

SIDELIGHTS: Cheryl Kimball told CA: "I have been compelled to work out my thoughts in writing for as long as I can remember. I particularly enjoy writing about horses since they consume a lot of my time.

"Often my writing process involves doing as much research as I can until I feel like I need to spill some of it out in print. With books that are less researchbased, I tend to start writing in longhand, then at some point I key my first draft into a computer file and begin the revising process on what I've done and continue from there. As a full-time writer, often the mortgage payment is my inspiration, but I am now at a point where I'm ready to do some fiction and a couple other projects."