biography
Kirsten is a third culture kid who was born in Iowa, spent her formative years in Ethiopia as a missionary kid and moved to Minnesota as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in English because she loved writing and literature and from the Carlson School of Management with a BS in Accounting because she loved analytical challenges.
Kirsten lives on the north shore of Lake Superior with her husband and two dogs.
Kirsten is in a season of creativity writing and taking photographs. She also enjoys hiking, camping, piano and cooking for family and friends.
In 2023, Kirsten published Teeny! Tiny! Mini Monkey!, a children's book which she also illustrated. She previously published Thy Father's Will, a historial novel based on a true story.
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favorite quotes
Be still and know that I am God!- Psalm 46:10And now faith, hope and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.- 1 Corinthians 13:13For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.- Romans 8:38-39 The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. — Jim Rohn The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. — Peter F. Drucker Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. — Michael Burke I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. — Ralph Waldo Emerson After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. — Aldous Huxley