Karen Luellen

Karen grew up the only girl in the middle of two brothers. She adored both in their own ways, but never really fit into their worlds. Like her characters Alik and Evan, the boys were very different.

 

If she wanted a playmate, Karen had to gear up to go dirt-clod fighting, be the losing team of (broken) green army guys or brave the flimsy bicycle ramp her older brother built.

 

Either that, or plan to help erect intricate Lego architecture while hearing the mathematical algorithms and possible big-bang theories of what happened to dinosaurs from her little brother.

 

Karen suffered a lot of skinned-up knees, elbows and even scraped off an eyebrow or two trying to keep up with her older brother and probably still has a Lego embedded in her thigh from sitting on the floor surrounded by the teeny-tiny pieces in her little brother’s realm.

 

Often by herself, recuperating from playtime with the boys, she created entire worlds of make-believe and adventure with stuffed animals and books in her bedroom. Hours of storytelling, personally made sound effects and character voices entertained her to the point of completely happy distraction. Hindsight shows she’s been a storyteller all her life. 

 

Thanks to her brothers, Jeremy and Field, she has a lot of stories to tell.

 

Karen is a former press release writer and radio advertising copywriter.  Since 2003, she has worked as an elementary school teacher in North Texas where she lives with her witty husband, their four busy children, two rescued cats and one blind labradoodle. She is hard at work on the sixth and final book in the Winter’s Saga titled “Winter’s Legacy.”

Karen grew up the only girl in the middle of two brothers. She adored both in their own ways, but never really fit into their worlds. Like her characters Alik and Evan, the boys were very different.

 

If she wanted a playmate, Karen had to gear up to go dirt-clod fighting, be the losing team of (broken) green army guys or brave the flimsy bicycle ramp her older brother built.

 

Either that, or plan to help erect intricate Lego architecture while hearing the mathematical algorithms and possible big-bang theories of what happened to dinosaurs from her little brother.

 

Karen suffered a lot of skinned-up knees, elbows and even scraped off an eyebrow or two trying to keep up with her older brother and probably still has a Lego embedded in her thigh from sitting on the floor surrounded by the teeny-tiny pieces in her little brother’s realm.

 

Often by herself, recuperating from playtime with the boys, she created entire worlds of make-believe and adventure with stuffed animals and books in her bedroom. Hours of storytelling, personally made sound effects and character voices entertained her to the point of completely happy distraction. Hindsight shows she’s been a storyteller all her life. 

 

Thanks to her brothers, Jeremy and Field, she has a lot of stories to tell.

 

Karen is a former press release writer and radio advertising copywriter.  Since 2003, she has worked as an elementary school teacher in North Texas where she lives with her witty husband, their four busy children, two rescued cats and one blind labradoodle. She is hard at work on the sixth and final book in the Winter’s Saga titled “Winter’s Legacy.”