Kim Mahood is a writer and artist based in Braidwood, NSW. She grew up on the Tanami Downs station and has maintained strong connections with the traditional owners, some of whom worked for her family. Since the station has become Aboriginal owned, members of her family now work for Tanami Downs.

Kim's memoir Craft for a Dry Lake was published in 2000 and won the 2001 NSW Premier's Award and The Age non-fiction Book of the Year. She is a part-time lecturer in the Sculpture department at the ANU Institute of Art, and is currently working on a novel.