Karen Dionne

Fiction Writer

Washington, MI
Michigan US
Email: 
karendionne@bksp.org
Website: 
www.karen-dionne.com
Twitter/X: 
@KarenDionne

Author's Bio

Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of The Marsh King’s Daughter, a psychological suspense novel set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the U.S. and in 25 other languages.

Karen has been active in the writing community for over twenty years. She co-founded the online writers community Backspace, and organized the Backspace Writers Conferences in New York and the Salt Cay Writers Retreat held on a private island in the Bahamas. She is a member of the International Thriller Writers, where she served on the board of directors as Vice President, Technology.

Karen has been honored by the Michigan Humanities Council as a Humanities Scholar for her body of work as an author, writer, and as co-founder of Backspace. She enjoys nature photography and lives with her husband in Detroit’s northern suburbs.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
The Marsh King's Daughter (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017)
Prizes won: 

The Marsh King’s Daughter was named one of the best books of 2017 by iBooks, Hudson Booksellers, Powell’s Books, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Irish Independent, Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, Bookpage, and many other booksellers and reviewers, and is currently in development as a major motion picture produced by Anonymous Content (Spotlight; The Revenant).  The Marsh King’s Daughter was also chosen as a 2018 Michigan Notable Book and is the winner of the Barry Award for Best Novel and Suspense Magazine’s Crimson Scribe Award.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Akron
Raised in: 
Detroit, MI
Michigan
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Last update: May 03, 2019