Name Kim Gruenenfelder | Role Author | |
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Books A Total Waste of Makeup, There's Cake in My Future, Misery Loves Cabernet, Keep Calm and Carry a Big Drink, Love the Wine You're With | ||
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Kim Gruenenfelder is an American author of women's fiction, specifically romantic comedy fiction, novels. Her debut novel, "A Total Waste of Makeup", has been published in six languages and eight international editions to date, and is followed by a sequel, "Misery Loves Cabernet". "Keep Calm and Carry a Big Drink", is a sequel to 2010's "There's Cake in My Future". Her fifth published novel, "Love The Wine You're With", which details the adventures of a group of friends who open a wine bar, was released June 13, 2017.
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In addition to her published novels, she has written screenplays, a stage play, and was also a writer for the television show Jeopardy!. In 2016, she created the word "Eciah", which refers to a moment in your life when your future gets a lot brighter. This word pairs with a website, where people share their eciah stories.
Early life
Kim Gruenenfelder was born in St. Louis, Missouri to salesman Edmond Jacques Gruenenfelder III and future Emmy-award winning writer Carol Campbell. She relocated to Southern California with her family when she was seven years old. Having skipped two grades, she attended the University of California, Los Angeles at age sixteen.
Early Writing Career
Gruenenfelder's career in the entertainment industry started at the age of nineteen when she became a production assistant on the show "Jeopardy!" She became a researcher on the show at twenty. For years after, she was a screenwriter.
Novels
Gruenenfelder's first published novel was "A Total Waste of Makeup", followed up by "Misery Loves Cabernet". These are part of the Charlize series, focusing on a character who starts by turning thirty and lives a Hollywood life. She then started a series about a cake pull, with "There's Cake In My Future" and then "Keep Calm and Carry a Big Drink". Her fifth published novel, different from the others in terms of series, is "Love The Wine You're With", detailing the adventures of a group of friends who open a wine bar in Echo Park.
Eciah
In 2016, Gruenenfelder coined the term "eciah". She defines it as "moment in your life when your future suddenly gets a lot brighter", according to her website eciah.com. She is the curator for this website, founding and creating it. Her personal eciah was when she found out she was pregnant with her first and only child.
Personal life
Gruenenfelder is married to writer and director Brian J. Smith. They have one son together. She currently lives in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her uncle is actor J. Kenneth Campbell.