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Kim Yale (November 22, 1953 — March 7, 1997) was an American writer and editor of comic books for multiple comic book companies, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics and Warp Graphics.

Yale was born in Evanston, Illinois to the Reverend Richard A. Yale and Theresa Yale. Her father was a Navy chaplain and for numerous years, she and her family moved from various locations in the United States and also abroad before resettling again in Evanston during her teenage years.

She married fellow comics creator, and frequent collaborator, John Ostrander in 1987. They moved to Morris County in 1993. Yale and Ostrander were associated with developing the character of Barbara Gordon into Oracle, and wrote her origin story in the short story Oracle: Year One.

She was also heavily involved with the Friends of Lulu, working as a member of the board, an organization promoting women in comics. Yale also penned an ongoing column in the Comics Buyers Guide, in which she detailed her battle against breast cancer. The award for the Best New Female Comics Creator has been named in her honor.

Yale died of breast cancer in 1997, aged 43.

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