About the Author

Karen King writes to stay out of the shrink’s office and enjoys learning from characters of diverse backgrounds. A native of Boulder, Colorado, King has written plays, stories, poems, and skits since childhood with essays earning trips to the Caribbean and the United Nations. Writing grant applications, grant reviews, training materials and technical manuals to and for federal agencies serving American Indian educational programs for over 35 years honed research skills as well as nonfiction creativity. Parent Involvement in Indian Pre-School Programs, ERIC 1992; and, Parent Engagement: Historic and Current Practices in Native Pre-School Programs, On Indian Ground: High Plains, Information Age Publishing 2020, are King’s academic contributions. Four screenplays rest in re-write files while monthly piano ditties balance King’s musical rhythms. Meeting characters on seven continents supplies plentiful and meaningful material while teaching her that society is generally crazier than it appears. King lives with her memories, horses, dogs, plants, and piano in western Wyoming at the end of the road to the Wind River wilderness.