about the author

Fifth-generation Oregonian and award-winning author Kim Cooper Findling grew up on the Oregon Coast, spent several years in the Willamette Valley, and has lived in Central Oregon for 25 years. She is the author of The Sixth Storm (with coauthor and daughter Libby Findling); Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families; Day Trips from Portland: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler; and Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir. Her work has appeared in many publications including Bend Magazine, Travel Oregon, The Oregonian, Horizon Air, Alaska Air, Oregon Quarterly, 1859 Oregon’s Magazine, The Best Places to Kiss NW, and High Desert Journal. See kimcooperfindling.com.