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January 01, 2001 in The United States

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About this author

Penguin published the new-improved CHURCH OF THE DOG in 2008 and ON THE DIVINITY OF SECOND CHANCES in 2009. St. Martin's Press will release my long-awaited new novel, SPARKLE in fall of 2012.

I've been an archaeologist, a massage therapist, an art teacher and an elementary teacher.

When I'm not working, I love to telemark ski, cross-country ski, swim in lakes with my dog, skate ski, skate board (long board), sing and play bass at open mic night at the local coffee house, paint, road or mountain bike, garden, and every once in a while I make a quilt or stained glass window. I just learned to surf and can't wait to do it again!

I wrote CHURCH OF THE DOG in the bathtub. I liked the sense that I was multi-tasking.

I have a yellow lab- German shep...more


Average rating: 3.92 · 479 ratings · 155 reviews · 3 distinct works
Church of the Dog
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions
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How I Came to Sparkle Again
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 2 editions
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
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“there is no grief more devastating than the grief for what could have been.”
Kaya McLaren, On the Divinity of Second Chances

“Earth life is giant field day where we willingly choose the limitation of racing with both feet in a potato sack, or sometimes we join up with another and agree to the limitation of racing as a team where each person has one leg tied to the leg of the other....Agreeing to run a race with limitations or live a life with limitations doesn't mean you're slow, clumsy, or unenlightened. It just means you're showing up on field day, participating, and if you're really good, you try your best despite the obstacles.”
Kaya McLaren, On the Divinity of Second Chances

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Karen Kaya, It sounds like we would like the same books except that I've destroyed any I ever tried to read in the bath! Unfortunately I haven't had time to read any this winter but at the top of my list is Divinity... which just came a couple days ago. Also would like to read the Wickwire book you're currently reading, he's from Ephrata you know and his littlest brother was my childhood sweetheart. We're leaving for Tahiti in a few days had always intended to read Mutiny on the bounty before we left....oh well.
Thanks for the reviews and I'll try to give you some in time.........Karen


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