Kim Ratcliff has been a freelance writer for more than 2o years. She has written articles for newspapers such as The Los Angeles Times and San Jose Mercury News, and magazines including In Style, Sunset, Parents, Seventeen and Mary Englebreit Home Companion magazine. Look for her next article, “Are you a Germaphobe Mom?” in the August 2011 issue of Parents. Kim is also writing a middle grade novel set in Santa Cruz called The Mighty Bosco.