King is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire (1977) and Suffolk University Law School (1984).
Parched, King's memoir about addiction as spiritual thirst, was chosen as a “Most Memorable Memoir” by Publishers Weekly in their “Year in Books” 2005, and was selected by "The Fix" as one of their Top Ten Addiction Memoirs.
Since May, 2014, she has written a weekly column on arts, culture, faith and life called "The Crux," for ANGELUS, the archdiocesan newspaper of Los Angeles. Her subjects range from noir crime Novelist Raymond Chandler to classical Pianist Glenn Gould, ultra marathon running, folk art, secret staircases, obsessive gardeners, opera, ballet, tightrope walking, and coke-addicted figure-skaters.
The column received an Honorable Mention in 2016 from the CPA for "Best Regular Column: Culture, the Arts and Leisure." In 2017, "The Crux" was awarded First Place by the CPA in the category "Best Regular Column: Spiritual Life." Also in 2017, King was awarded a First Place CPA award for her National Catholic Reporter essay "Soul Seeing" — "Learning to Soul-see the Hard Way."
