Kay Smith-Blum, Neighbor

Kay Smith-Blum, a former fashionista and Seattle School Board President, is a fan of mid-20th-century history. The recent upheaval over leaking radioactive waste tanks at the Hanford Nuclear site compelled her to write, TANGLES, named Book of the Year by the Literary Global Book Awards, Best Debut Fiction by the American Writing Awards, Best in the West (across all genres) by the National Indie Excellence Awards and Best Historical Mystery/Suspense by the American Fiction Awards. Smith-Blum, a sunrise writer, and Texas native, has lived in Seattle for four decades. She works out her writer’s block in her sons’ gardens and the nearest lap pool. Follow her on Instagram @discerningKSB