American Moon Reached number 5 on Amazon's HOT NEW RELEASES list within a week of being published on Kindle in June of 2020 Mu Shu Mac & Cheese Reached top 100 on Amazon's HOT NEW RELEASES within a week of being published on Kindle available also in paperback in 2021 Novel 2020 see home page Fresh Starts: Tales From the Pikes Peak Writers Anthology 2021 BTS Book Reviews Jan/Feb 2015 "The Snow Day" Short fiction - page 143 The Red Line Magazine (Issue 5) "The Importance of a Penis" pg 37 personal essay Colorado Journeys (art and wine guide) "His Island" - poem forthcoming The Arts Periodical (October, 2013) "Different Ways to Die" - personal essay Paris/Atlantic (May 2013) "Holding Us" - Poetry pages 132-133 Running Out of Ink (March 1, 2013) "The Snow Day" - Short Fiction Nth Degree Fiction and Fandom 'Zine (11/29/2012) "More More More!" - Flash Horror The Arts Periodical (November, 2013) "Lonely Man in the City" - poem The Arts Periodical (November, 2013) "Frankincense" - Flash Erotica Longmont Ledger (October 22, 2010) "Longmont Author Multitasks Her Way to Success" [profile] White Cat Magazine (October 2, 2011) "Easy" - Flash Fiction The Arts Periodical (October, 2013) Andy Warhol Died for Death - poetry Stories On Stage: "Easy" - performed at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art "Love Stories and Other Disasters." Award-winning actor: Cajardo Lindsey. May 16, 2013 TawdryBawdry (October 31, 2011) "Spunk Flowers From Mercury" - Flash Fiction (as Libby Katz) Be Magazine (Fall 2010) "Janet Fogg: The Butterfly Emerges" [profile] Alternative Medicine Magazine (Oct 2005) -Magazine now called Natural Solutions- "Start Your Day Warm and Healthy" [article and recipes] featured also: Cavi-art TawdryBawdry (October 31, 2011) "The Bubble" - Flash Fiction (as Libby Katz) BTS Book Reviews - Blog Column Food article and receipes for web magazine: www.hearthealthyforlife.com Earlier Poems, Short Stories and Articles Better Homes and Gardens, Paris/Atlantic, MovieBytes Magazine (interview), Envy's Sting, New Wind, Agapae, Number One, Northwest Poetry Review, and Wish Women  |
 Author Biography Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas (minors in Creative Writing and French). One year at The American University in Paris. Graduate work - Clinical Psychology, University of Arizona. Weight loss counselor and Math and English teacher before deciding to write fiction and nonfiction full time. Karen teaches in various venues including conferences, retreats and on cruise lines. Karen is also an amateur food scholar and in-home cooking instructor. She's seeking a publishing home for her cookbook: Nature's Wrap: Cooking in Leaves; Recipes from Around the World Karen lives in Colorado with her husband from Taiwan and their two sons. Memberships: - Pikes Peak Writers - Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers - Sisters of the Quill - BLOG - Boulder General Genre Critique Group (facilitator and founding member) - Colorado Actors Scripts & Films - Boulder Media Women - Niwot Writers - with published authors: Julie Kaewert, Janet Fogg, Shannon Baker, and James Hester. - Boulder Arts Resource - Food 52 - Serious Eats * * * * * * * * * * But what Are they Eating (12/2/21) Fictional characters and Food (guest blog) Kill Zone:Thrillers and Mystery Blog Guest Post (3/18/2023) Subtext Guest YouTube (11/15/22) and Guest podcast on Rocky Mountain Writers Interview with Mark Stevens Ups & Downs & One Big Cautionary Tale About Working With Literary Agents |
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