{{short description|Australian author}} thumb thumb {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} '''Kim McCosker''' is an Australian author, responsible for the popular ''4 Ingredients'' series of cookbooks.<ref name=TheAge> {{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/cuisine/too-many-books--20120303-1u97g.html |title=Cookbook sales are plummeting. Is it time for a new recipe? |work=The Age |date=6 March 2012 |first=Joel|last=Meares }}</ref>
==''4 Ingredients''== Kim McCosker has been called "cooking's J. K. Rowling."<ref name=TheAustralian> {{cite news |title=Reader's Digest |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/readers-digest/story-e6frg8h6-1225934740255 |work=The Australian |date=9 October 2010 |author=Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020084833/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/readers-digest/story-e6frg8h6-1225934740255 |archive-date=20 October 2010 }}</ref> After being turned down by every major publisher in Australia, she self-published her first cookbook, ''4 Ingredients'', which went on to become the best selling self-published book in Australian history, selling 400,000 copies in 2007 alone and placing second in overall sales only to Rowling's ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' released the same year.<ref name=TheAustralian/>
''4 Ingredients'' has gone on to reach a total sales mark of over 3 million copies.<ref name="BrisbaneTimes"> {{cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/books/exclusive-world-is-now-an-open-book-20130105-2c9wn.html |title=Exclusive world is now an open book |work=Brisbane Times |date=6 January 2013 |author=Staff }}</ref> The initial ''4 Ingredients'' book has spawned 37 cookbooks.
The collective sales across all titles now exceeds 9 million copies. The brand extended to a cookware range, ''4 Ingredients'' iPhone app<ref name="TheAge" /> and a social media reach, with an active daily presence on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and its own website.
The popularity of the ''4 Ingredients'' series has also led to a ''4 Ingredients'' television series, hosted by McCosker and broadcast in 24 countries including Australia, Africa, the UK, and New Zealand.
== Other publications == * 4 Ingredients * 4 Ingredients 2 * 4 Ingredients ''Gluten Free'' * 4 Ingredients Fast, Fresh & Healthy (co-authored by Deepak Chopra) * 4 Ingredients Kids (black & white) * BABY BOWL * 4 Ingredients Christmas * 4 Ingredients KiDS (illustrated) * 4 Ingredients Herb it Up (written for Gourmet Garden) * 4 Ingredients One Pot One Bowl * 4 Ingredients Chocolates, Cakes & Cute Things * 4 Ingredients Menu Planning * ThermoStruck * 4 Ingredients YIAH * 4PLAY * 4 Ingredients Gluten Free Lactose Free (endorsed by Coeliac Australia) * 4 Ingredients Diabetes (endorsed by Diabetes Australia - Victoria) * 4 Ingredients Allergies (endorsed by Allergies & Anaphylaxis NZ) * 4 Ingredients Cook 4 A Cure (written to raise funds for the NBCF) * 4 Ingredients Celebrations * 4 Ingredients The Easiest One Pot Cookbook Ever! * The Easiest Slow Cooker Book Ever! * 4 Ingredients Healthy Diet * PET COOKBOOK * 4 Ingredients KETO * 4 Ingredients Veggie & Vegan * The Easiest Pie Maker Book Ever! * The Easiest Air Fryer Book Ever! * 4 Ingredients MORE Diabetes (due out April 2021)
==Personal== McCosker lives Sunshine Coast, Queensland with husband Glen Turnbull and their three children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/simplicity-the-recipe-for-success-20080523-gdsep2.html|title=Simplicity, the recipe for success|date=2008-05-22|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.4ingredients.com.au}}
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