Karen S BennettFairytales read by her mother sparked Karen S. Bennett to a course of fiction. With an eye to irony, after a lifetime of observations and experiences from cello lessons, choir singing, art school, marriage, three kids, divorce, welfare, nurse's trainng, jobs in prison, travel to Vietnam, Russia, and South Africa, and homes in NYC, Georgia and Maryland, she sat down to write. Her first novel won first place in fiction in the Maryland Writer's Association in 2006, with other novels placing in national competitions. Many short stories have been both traditionally and e-published. Her motto is: From Fibs to Fiction. Read More Read Less