Kirsten Pursell is an award-winning American author and occasional blogger. Released on January 1, 2023, Long Enough to Love You is her fourth book. Previous works include her memoir, On Becoming Me: Memoir of an 80's Teenager, released in 2021, and two other novels: Harvard and Company Clown. Her memoir has been #1 on Amazon's women's biographies and memoirs and Company Clown has been #1 in Satire Fiction and Two-Hour Literature & Fiction Short Reads.​ Her books were downloaded over 10,000 times in 2022.

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Kirsten considers raising her three now adult children her greatest accomplishment. She is a Master's swimmer competing at the national and international levels and aims to inspire by doing. She lives in Ocean Beach, California.