Born in Florida and educated in no less than five colleges, Karen concluded her formal education at the California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.  She has enjoyed travelling across the U.S., Europe, South America and Africa while learning new languages along the way.

Karen’s debut novel, Dreaming Is Free was originally intended as a standalone novel.  Due to popular demand and some characters that just won’t quit, a sequel, Waking Reality, was delivered two years later.  Now other plots will be allowed to come out and play, and perhaps some entertaining short bits as well.

Karen Swartz lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with a modest menagerie and her source of pride and joy, her son.