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Karen Stephen

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

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Genre

Suspense, Romance, Thriller

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My high school chemistry teacher turned novelist, Maeve Binchy, Isabel ...more

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Childhood: Tow-headed dreamer and 4th grade city-wide writing contest winner
Teen: La Jolla body surfer, Morris Minor owner, stellar student
Twenty Something: Gave up chemistry and turned to psychology. Went straight thru from Kindergarten to Ph.D. Started 40 year psychologist career
Thirty Something: Mother of two, went from private practice to nation's largest HMO
No longer telling!: Retired psychologist. Grandmother to four who all love books. Author of suspense novels with thriller and romantic elements.
Published Novel: DEGREES OF OBSESSION http://amzn.to/1fP1SR0
Current project Marketing my second novel entitled MOTHER TONGUE about an American child advocate attorney with Corsican roots who takes a hiatus to France to overcome the tragic d ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 13 ratings · 1 review · 10 distinct works

	Mother Tongue: Lingua Corsa 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Degrees of Obsession 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Lives of Chandlers Ford: A Collection of Short Stories by Karen Stephen (Goodreads Author), Sally Howard, Maggie Farran liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother Tongue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sinister Suggestions (The Stanford Daily Mysteries Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malcolm X lined notebook journal. If we aim high and fall short we still achieve more than aiming low and falling short: Malcolm X notebook gift 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Bouncing Back by Karen Stephen (1-Feb-1998) Mass Market Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My Lefthanded, Backwards, Upsidedown Life

by John F. Gardiner

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Memories for Sale: Tales from a Small Town

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Tracks to Freedom

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Karen Stephen wrote a new blog post FREE THIS WEEKEND! As a GIFT in reward to all the daily labors of my Facebook followers and friends, I am offering ALL THREE of my great Mystery and Suspense novels, Kindle versions, FREE throughout the Labor Day Weekend, August 30th through September 1st, The KINDLE versions of DEGREES OF OBSESSION, MOTHER TONGUE, and SINISTER SUGGESTIONS will be available for FREE downloads SATURDAY August 30, 2025, SU Read more of this blog post »
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“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”
― Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

tags: anarchy, freedom, inspirational, lateral-thinking, philosophy, rationalism

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