Karen Lynn Williams
, b. 1952
Karen Lynn Williams is an American writer focusing more on children literature. Much of her work deals with the difficulties experienced by children in developing countries. Born in 1952, in New Haven, CT, she attended the University of Connecticut, where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in science (BS 1974) and the Southern Connecticut State University where she graduated with an MA in Deaf Education. She worked as a teacher of the deaf in Connecticut in 1977-80, and later, as a Peace Corps English teacher in Malawi, in 1980-83. From 1990-93 she lived and worked in Deschapelles, Haiti, where her husband Steve was a doctor at the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer.
As a kid, her dream was to become the youngest novelist ever. At the age of ten, she formed a writing group with her friends and spent with them hours writing. Her award-winning books include Baseball and Butterflies (1990), Painted Dream (1998), Galimoto (1990); her other books include Circles of Hope (2005), Tap Tap (1994), One Thing I’m Good at (1999). Presently, she teaches literature and writing in the Chatham University Master of Fine Arts Program in Children's and Adolescent Writing.
Sources:
Karenlynnwilliams.com (accessed: June 21, 2022);
Harpercollins.com (accessed: June 21, 2022).
Bio prepared by Eleanor A. Dasi, University of Yaoundé I, wandasi5@yahoo.com
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