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Karen Jones Gowen
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female |
| place of birth |
The United States |
| website |
http://karenjonesgowen.com |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction
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| influences |
[a:Pat Conroy|6942|Pat Conroy|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1263121809p2/6942.jpg], [a:Willa Cather|881203|Willa Cather|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1287462696p2/881203.jpg], [a:Woody Allen|10356|Woody Allen|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198641626p2/10356.jpg], [a:Jane Austen|1265|Jane Austen|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1282032472p2/1265.jpg], Julia Marker |
about this author
Born and raised in central Illinois, the daughter of a Methodist minister from Indiana and a school teacher from Nebraska, Karen has down-to-earth Midwestern roots.
She attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, then transferred to the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. After converting to Mormonism at the age of 20, she transferred to Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, where she met her future husband. She obtained her degree at BYU in English and American Literature.
Karen and Bruce have lived in Utah, Illinois, California and Washington, currently residing near Salt Lake City. They are the parents of ten children. Not surprisingly, family relationships are a recurring theme in Karen's writing.
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