Karen, Age 4
Karen, Age 4 Plus Plenty
Although born in Wisconsin, I grew up in the Northern Alberta town of Grande Prairie, far enough north that the aurora borealis often flickered and shimmered across the night sky. Both the long nights of winter and the long days of summer were perfect for a child addicted to reading. Before long, I knew I wanted to write. I can still remember the first poem I wrote in the second or third grade. It was about my horse named Lena: "I have a little pony, both beautiful and white. She stays at home in the daytime, and runs away at night." She did, too. We'd get up in the morning and learn she had sneaked out of her pasture and gone to visit the neighbors, who lived miles away.
After graduating from high school in Grande Prairie, I attended university in Calgary, Alberta, and later in Edmonton, Alberta. I became an elementary school teacher, teaching first grade in Grande Prairie and Edmonton. After I was married and living in the United States, I attended the University of Utah, earning a master's degree in journalism. Then I started to write.
I wrote everything: short stories, articles, greeting cards, even household hints. I worked for about ten years before a Christmas story for children got published in a regional magazine. I didn't even know it had been published until a friend called to congratulate me. From then on, I wrote mainly for children. Today, living in Southern California, I continue to work at "the play that I love."
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