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Karen Topham

Member Since:09/09/2013
Birthdate:06/02/1957
Gender:Female
Location:Chicago Suburbs, IL, USA
Preferred e-Readers:Android Tablet,Mac
Preferred Genres:Comic Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy, High / Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Slipstream / Interstices, Traditional Fantasy, General Mystery, Historical Mystery, Paranormal Mystery, Police Procedural, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Comedic fiction, Historical fiction, Horror, Literary fiction, Women's Fiction, Gothic Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romantic Suspense, Alternate History, Hard Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Postapocalyptic/Dystopian, Romantic Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Space Opera, Environmental Thriller, Legal Thriller, Medical Thriller, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense Thriller, Techno Thriller, Young Adult Contemporary, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult LGBTQ, Young Adult Mystery / Thriller, Young Adult Paranormal, Young Adult Science Fiction / Dystopian

Short Bio:

Born in a hospital on the banks of the Cuyahoga River while the waters behind me burned, I should have known my life would never be boring. After spending my childhood n New England, I moved to the midwest for college and have been here ever since. I am a writer and a 35-year high school English teacher. I have brought up three wonderful children. I love traveling, good food, movies, television, novels, the internet, and singing karaoke. I'm a liberal and a Unitarian Universalist. I have three cats. And I suppose that maybe my life *would* be rather boring if that were all there was to it. But... I knew from my earliest days that my birth gender was incorrect, and after decades of inner turmoil fighting it I finally was forced to give in. When I transitioned in 1998, I became the first American teacher to do so on the job. The news people, at least, thought it was interesting. :-) I've been in that same school another sixteen years and the building still stands. Life is good.

About Karen Topham's Reading & Writing

As an English teacher, I am subject to the English Teachers' Paradox: we love to read but have no time to do so. I read as much as my spare time (wait a minute: did I actually just use that phrase?) allows me to. A lot of my reading these days comes in the form of unabridged Books on CDs in the car: these are a blessing straight from heaven. I am not one of those teachers who enjoys reading philosophical or educational books. I'm not that interested, really. I work enough already, thank you. And I read what I need to read for work when I need to read it. But for my enjoyment I prefer novels. And these novels are all over the map. I read YA, literary fiction, classics, chick lit, thrillers, horror, science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and, well, basically anything that remotely looks interesting. I particularly love things that blend, bed, or break genres entirely. My writing probably reflects that, which is why I have trouble deciding where to place my book on the map. :-)
Favorite Writers:
Jane Austen
Douglas Adams
John Green
Jodi Picoult
Jeffrey Eugenides
Favorite Books:
Pride and Prejudice
Portrait of the Artist
The Fault in Our Stars
The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Blog: sunsparkstuff.blogspot.com
Twitter: ktsunspark

Karen Topham's Books


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