Karen Dionne

Karen Dionne is an American author who is best known for her 2017 breakout novel “The Marsh King’s Daughter”. The novel that was a bestseller, was translated into more than 25 languages, and was named one of 2017s best thrillers by Library Journal. The novel was also received the Crimson Scribe Award, the top honor bestowed by “Suspense Magazine”. However, this was not her first time publishing as she already had three novels that had barely made any waves to her name. Prior to becoming a household name with her breakout novel, she had founded the Salt Cay Writers Retreat that held conventions in the Bahamas every alternate year, and established “Backspace” an online writers community. She is also an active member of International Thriller Writers. She received one of the highest honors as Humanities Scholar from the Michigan Humanities Council for founding Backspace, her writing, and her body of authorship. She lives with her husband in the northern suburbs of Detroit from where she writes her novels and enjoys photographing nature.