Kindle: €2.17.įive teenagers walk into detention only four leave alive. I learned the process of writing, and the flaws in my own writing, and gained good friends too. I joined online writer’s groups, exchanging work with others. Second Novel: “It’s another stand-alone YA suspense thriller. But I can’t.”įavourite Writers: Suzanne Collins CS Lewis Charles Dickens Becky Albertalli. I always wished I could sing, or play an instrument. The Day Job: In Marketing, helping to launch products. North Eastern University in Boston: MA in Journalism.įamily: Son, Jack, 11. It now has twenty foreign deals.ĭate of birth: 1969 near Boston, Massachusetts.Įducation: College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts English. Her dream agent, Rosemary Stimola, snapped up the book, selling it within two weeks. “I wrote it in two months, and revised it for another two. It was turned down by agents, as was a second fantasy book, and she realised a contemporary setting suited her style better. She wrote a novel influenced by the Hunger Games. I thought, it will be a shame if I don’t go back to this thing that I love.” “I started writing again, because there were so many things Jim didn’t get to do. Her husband, Jim, died when their son was a toddler. After three years, married, she returned to Boston. She worked in Washington DC, for a political consulting firm. Karen started writing books at 7, but by 18, as the plots got complicated, she couldn’t finish anything, and gave up. Posted by Sue Leonard on Monday 2nd October 2017

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