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ABOUT KAREN

Karen Dionne is the internationally published author of FREEZING POINT, a science thriller nominated by RT Book Reviews as Best First Mystery of 2008. A second environmental thriller about an erupting volcano, a missing researcher, and a radical scheme to end global warming is forthcoming from Berkley in December 2010.

Karen is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the International Thriller Writers, where she serves as Vice President, Technology; Website Chair, and Managing Editor of The Big Thrill newsletter and webzine.

She is also cofounder of the online writers community Backspace, and organizes the Backspace Writers Conferences held in New York City every year.

Visit her website at www.karendionne.net

Profile Information

Who I am:
http://www.karendionne.net
http://boilingpoint-thenovel.blogspot.com/
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
FREEZING POINT (Berkley, 2008)
BOILING POINT (Berkley, December 28, 2010)
FIRST THRILLS: High Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors (Tor, June 2010)
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Huffington Post (blogger)
Writers Digest Magazine (feature article, Jan. 2010 issue)
My writing is:
Fiction
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
no
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
Backspace (http://www.bksp.org)
My professional associations:
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters In Crime
International Thriller Writers (Vice President, Technology; Website Chair; Managing Editor, The Big Thrill)
Backspace LLC (co-founder, co-administrator)

Karen Dionne's Blog

What it's like to visit an active volcano

Posted on September 17, 2009 at 6:58am 0 Comments

There's a feeling of enormity when in the presence of an active volcano, an awareness of forces unimaginable, that's difficult to convey. Everything about the experience feels powerful. When I look at the pictures and video my son and I shot when we visited Chaitén Volcano in Northern Patagonia, Chile last spring while doing research for my next novel, I remember the experience as being so much more. But perhaps a combination of pictures and words will give blog readers a small sense of what… Continue

When everybody hates your book

Posted on September 4, 2009 at 10:26am 0 Comments

Because sometimes, the critics DON'T love what we've written:



I [heart] Brad… Continue

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