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Birth—February 20, 1968
Where—Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
Education—B.A., Agnes Scott College
Currently—lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Kimberly Belle is an American novelist. The daughter of a chemist and a speech pathologist, Belle grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee, a small town in the foothills of the Appalachians. She attended college in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned a BA from Agnes Scott College, a liberal arts school for women.

Before turning to writing fiction, Belle worked in marketing and fundraising for various nonprofits in the US and abroad, including Habitat for Humanity, the YWCA, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and United Way.

Belle is best known for her novel, The Marriage Lie (2016), which was a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Toronto Globe & Mail bestseller, as well as #1 iTunes UK bestseller and a semifinalist in the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Mystery & Thriller. The book has been translated into a dozen languages.

Novels
2014 - The Last Breath
2015 - The Ones We Trust
2016 - The Marriage Lie
2018 - Three Days Missing

Belle and her husband, a Dutch real-estate entrepreneur, have two children. She currently divides her time between Atlanta, Georgia, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (From Wikipedia. Retrieved 5/7/2018.)