Karen Harbaugh is an award-winning author and RITA finalist who has published eleven fantasy/romance novels and four novellas. She graduated from the University of Washington with ...view moreKaren Harbaugh is an award-winning author and RITA finalist who has published eleven fantasy/romance novels and four novellas. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in English, and has also had various other occupations, such as quality assurance analyst, technical writer, editor, medical and legal word processor, and currently works at a civil and structural engineering company. She is happily married to a software engineer and has a grown son. When she is not writing stories, she does volunteer work, knits, cooks, spins yarn, gardens, watches various SF/Fantasy TV shows, and occasionally finds time to annoy her cat, Newman. She has two blogs: Playing With Words (http://karenharbaugh.blogspot.com) and The Pollyanna Files (http://pollyannaofkaren.blogspot.com).view less