Biographical Information of Kimberly Seilhamer

BIOGRAPHY

Kimberly Seilhamer was born to a single mother January 13, 1967 in Olympia, Washington. In spite of Kimberly’s impoverished childhood and dysfunctional family life, she managed to realize at an early age that two things really made her happy... writing and singing. While the latter eventually went to by the wayside, poems, short stories, songs, even a novella were all part of Kimberly’s collection of unpublished written works, typed out on an old pica typewriter that she bought from her journalism teacher for ten dollars.

At fifteen, Kimberly landed a job as a student “clerk” at U.S. Customs in the remote, small town of Oroville, Washington. She moved from her mother’s isolated cabin to her own apartment in Oroville some twenty-five miles away. Kimberly worked and went to school, finally graduating early in her senior year. Once eighteen, Kimberly moved to Seattle where she soon visited a recruiter’s office and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

Kimberly was trained at the Women’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, South Carolina. After graduating as a Private First Class, Kimberly was sent to Southern California to complete her military occupational specialty training in telecommunications. While serving on board the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Kimberly was recognized as Marine of the Month and Marine of the Quarter. She also gained the respect of her male peers as a deadly-accurate, expert shot with the M16A1 rifle. Ultimately, Kimberly was granted a Top Secret Special-Category clearance and was meritoriously promoted to Corporal before her honorable discharge in 1989.

After her military service, Kimberly worked with handicapped children through the school district and also apprenticed at a German Shepherd Training Kennel where she developed a love of the breed. In 1994, Kimberly married her husband, Mark, a Marine Corps fighter pilot. It wasn’t until 1995 that Kimberly rediscovered her love of writing, after enrolling in a screenwriting class at Saddleback Community College in Orange County, CA.

She hasn’t looked back since, even through her battle with cancer and more recently, when a fall from one of her rescued horses left her with a serious spinal cord injury that nearly left her paralyzed on her right side. With determination and several months of physical therapy, Kimberly has fully recovered. With more than a dozen scripts, two produced feature films, several works for hire, and projects currently under contract or in development, she keeps on writing and her list of credits keeps on growing. In addition to her writing, Kimberly has recently set her sights on film production. She launched her production company, Baakari Creative, LTD., in July of 2006. With five projects already on the developmental slate, the next few years promise to bring excitement, growth, and an opportunity to reach out on a global level.

When Kimberly's not seated at her computer penning the next script or on the phone taking a meeting, she may be serving as a jury member for the prestigious Hartley Merrill International Screenwriting Prize (sponsored by RKO Pictures), mentoring one of her writer clients, or reaching out to the community. Kimberly resides with her family in the beautiful hills of Temecula, CA. For relaxation, she enjoys cooking, making soap, watching LAW & ORDER, SOUTH PARK or FAMILY GUY... or you may find her outside walking her meditative labyrinth, gardening and spending time with her children, friends, four German Shepherds, kitties, horses, and parrots.