Kim Frank is an award-winning writer and multi-media storyteller whose work has been published in The
Explorers Journal, Sidetracked, Oceanographic, Earth Island Journal, American Literary Review, SVPN Magazine, where she served as editor, and more. Projects include the books Elephants in the Hourglass: A Journey of Reckoning and Hope Along the Himalaya (Pegasus NY, 2025) Born to Ice with National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen and Amaze with SeaLegacy founder, Cristina Mittermeier (TeNeues 2018) Kim is the Writer, Director and Producer of the forthcoming documentary Where the Forest Roars. A Fellow of The Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society, Kim has a Master of Fine Arts from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a Master of SocialWork from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice. Kim has given multiple talks, podcasts, and featured radio shows about her multi-year project From Conflict to Coexistence: Asian Elephants in Crisis Along the Himalaya in Northeast India. She has led two Explorer Club Flag Expeditions and was awarded The Rolex Explorer to take into the field as part of the Rolex Expedition Watch Program.

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