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, Boiling Point, about an erupting volcano, a missing researcher, and a radical scheme to end global warming published from Berkley in January 2011.
Karen is cofounder of the online writers community Backspace, and organizes the Backspace Writers Conferences held in New York City every year. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the International Thriller Writers, where she serves on the board of directors as Vice President, Technology. She is also Managing Editor of the International Thriller Writers’ newsletter and webzine, The Big Thrill.
Longer Bio
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, Boiling Point, about an erupting volcano, a missing researcher, and a radical scheme to end global warming published from Berkley in January 2011.
Karen is cofounder of the online writers community Backspace (1,500 members in a dozen countries), and organizes the Backspace Writers Conferences held in New York City every year. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the International Thriller Writers, where she serves on the board of directors as Vice President, Technology and Website Chair.
Karen’s short fiction has appeared in Bathtub Gin, The Adirondack Review, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, and Thought Magazine, as well as First Thrills (Tor; June 2010; paperback May 2011), an anthology of short stories by bestselling and newer authors edited by Lee Child.
Karen writes about the publishing industry from an author’s perspective for AOL’s DailyFinance, and blogs at The Huffington Post. Other articles and essays have been published in Writer’s Digest Magazine (January 2009), RT Book Reviews (December 2010), Guide to Literary Agents (Writers Digest Books; August 2010), and Handbook of Novel Writing (Writers Digest Books; August 2010). She is also a book reviewer for The New York Journal of Books.
Press Release
Author Visits Active Volcano to pen Eco-thriller About Global Warming
Interviews
"Author Meets volcano" - The Detroit News
"Between the Lines with Karen Dionne" - The Big Thrill
"H20 Q&A: Thriller Novel Writer Karen Dionne Talks Water Crisis and Doom" - Sustainablog
Writer’s Digest: "Spotlight on Backspace" - Writer's Digest Magazine
Karen Dionne: Profile of an International Author from WBRW on Vimeo.
Karen Dionne: Profile of an International Author from WBRW on Vimeo.
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