A Peek Through Author Kimberly Baer's Scary Window

Who: Mother, daughter, fiancée, sister, friend, author, editor, cat-lover. Oh—and brand-new grandma!
(That’s so recent, I keep forgetting! Or maybe I’m in denial that, yes, I am that old.)

Interests: Power-walking, word puzzles, reading. I love stories with a quirky premise. For instance, the novel I just finished reading, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab, is about a girl who makes a
deal with the devil and ends up being forgotten by everyone she meets. The author did a superb job of
examining all facets of that situation.

Network: I’m an editor by trade, and many of my fellow editors are also writers. We started a chat room
at work, Invisible Ink, where we communicate about the writing craft. I also have some steadfast beta
readers and an enthusiastic street team to help me spread the word about my books.

Desk: Messy, with occasional bouts of tidiness. My desk is a garden that won’t stop sprouting weeds.
Papers, books, file folders, sticky notes, index cards, newspaper clippings, potato chip crumbs. When it
gets to the point where I can’t find things, I get the hoe out and give it a good weeding. (Wish somebody
would invent mulch for computer desks.)

Outrageous: I can recite the first nine stanzas of Edgar Allen Poe’s poem The Raven. (See “Window,”
below. Is there a theme developing here???)

Window: What’s outside my window? Birds, dozens of them! And they’re huge—I think they’re vultures.
They travel in a flock; there’s never just one or two. It’s either zero or forty. Did you ever see the Alfred
Hitchcock movie The Birds? That’s what I think of every time I go out for a walk. If those birds ever
decide to swoop down and attack me, I won’t stand a chance.

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Mall Girl Meets the Shadow Vandal
A middle-grade novel (ages 9-13)
by
Kimberly Baer

"“A lively, jaunty mystery with a terrific cast of characters.” – Kirkus Reviews
Mall Girl Meets the Shadow Vandal
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Chloe Lamont doesn't live in a neighborhood, like most kids. Her house is in the middle of the mall. And
now someone is stealing items from her house and using them to vandalize stores. Who is trying to
frame her? And how are they getting into the house? 
Desperate to catch the real vandal and clear her name, Chloe seeks help from the kids in her Mystery
Reading Group at school. While searching for clues, the Mystery Groupers make an astounding
discovery. And then things get really crazy…

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Buy Links:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VHX647Q
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mall-girl-meets-the-shadow-vandal-kimberly-baer/1138734047?ean=2940162478164
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Further Peek
https://www.kimberlybaer.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKimberlyBaer/
https://www.twitter.com/KimberlyBaer14

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