Maxwell Y. Kim
Children's Author
What's New
Upcoming Indie Author Fair
September 15th, 2025
I'll be at Fireside Books & More on
September 26th at 3:45pm as part of their inaugural, week-long Indie Author Fair.
Come say hi and pick up your copy of The Pumpkin with a Crack in It, and grab some fun Pumpkin souvenirs as well.
Fireside is a great new independent bookstore in downtown Redwood City; a big thank you to Andrew
and Taylor for setting up this event!
Pumpkin makes his way to Daly City
September 2nd, 2025
The Pumpkin with a Crack in It will be available later this month at Peninsula Books in Daly City! If you're ever in the area, stop by and support them; Peninsula Books is a nonprofit bookstore/community space that aims to grow the next generation of book lovers through increased access to books.
Pumpkin is available in Santa Cruz
July 18th, 2025
I just dropped off consignment copies of The Pumpkin with a Crack in It at Bookshop Santa Cruz! If you're ever in downtown Santa Cruz, consider stopping by and supporting this awesome local bookstore.
Upcoming Book Reading
July 5th, 2025
I'll be doing a reading of The Pumpkin with a Crack in It outside of our favorite local bookstore,
The Reading Bug
in San Carlos on August 24th at 2pm. Many thanks to staff and ownership for letting
independent authors like me use their space!
We'll have snacks and some fun Pumpkin souvenirs. Come by and say hi!
The Pumpkin is Published!
June 17th, 2025
It's been a long journey but The Pumpkin with a Crack in It is finally
a real book! I started out with an old character courtesy of my 7-year-old self, and a
dream of writing a story for my little one to enjoy.
Half a year and much learning later,
The Pumpkin with a Crack in It is officially published. I'm so grateful to my wife for all her love and
support (and marketing prowess, which I severely lack) and to the extremely talented
Hema Gami for bringing
Pumpkin to life with her beautiful illustrations.
The book is available on
Amazon
and IngramSpark, and will be in select local bookstores soon. I'm so excited to share this story with you!