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Karen Winters Schwartz wrote her first truly good story at age seven. Forty-five years later her professional writing career finally began in 2010, when the first of three widely praised novels, Where Are the Cocoa Puffs?, Reis’s Pieces, and The Chocolate Debacle were published by Goodman Beck Publishing. Red Adept Publishing released Legend of the Lost Ass in 2020, and her latest novel The Vast Clear Blue in 2023. Both are richly emotional stories about love and relationships and take place in the exotic setting of Belize.

Educated at The Ohio State University, Karen and her husband moved to the Central New York Finger Lakes region where they raised two daughters and shared a career in optometry. She now splits her time between Arizona, a ...more

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	Where Are the Cocoa Puffs?: A Family's Journey through Bipolar Disorder 3.77 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2010 — 3 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
	Reis's Pieces: Love, Loss, and Schizophernia 4.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Legend of the Lost Ass 3.87 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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
	The Chocolate Debacle 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
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Excerpt from WHERE ARE THE COCOA PUFFS? Chapter 9

But before the argument made a dangerous turn, they walked into the tavern. The locals took their eyes off their beers and took the four of them in, shifting a bit on their bar stools, feeling the power of Amanda as she laughed and flipped her purse about in the air.

Amanda could feel the power she had and knew that she commanded the room. Read more of this blog post »

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message 6: by Michael

Jan 16, 2016 11:31AM

Karen
Oranit: Crossed Lines
The book is about a murder in an Israeli settlement. One of the heroes is anti-Psychiatry Psychiatrist. As you are so obviously not that- I'd love you to read it. If you have a KINDLE, I'll send you a copy. I am not looking to promote or get a review.
So far no MD has read it. I am quite terrified as to what they say.
Karen, it gets worse.
I've finished my second MS and about to launch. Here the same protagonists deal with another murder. The setting is the Psychiatric establishment. Again I am more than nervous concerning the possible 'the establishment.'
If this letter, self-disclosure, is inappropriate, then I apologise. I am new here and don't know the etiquette.
Regards to you.
Michael

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message 5: by Karen

Aug 13, 2012 09:26PM

Thanks Karen for friending,
Please check out my gutsy memoir, ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.
A teacher’s story of parent harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery
How did Reclaim my life?
Read #20 pages for FREE http://lnkd.in/BmuVR7
What do you think?
cheers,
Karen :)

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message 4: by Karen

Oct 19, 2009 10:34AM

I've had better. But, the sun is out.

Bradley wrote: "I hope you are having a good day! =)

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Dreamsbane of Tamalor"

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message 3: by Bradley

Oct 19, 2009 10:25AM

I hope you are having a good day! =)

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Dreamsbane of Tamalor

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message 2: by Karen

Oct 14, 2009 07:02AM

Diane wrote: "Love the photo. Did I loan you "The Senator's Wife"?"

Yes. I have 'The Senator's Wife' sitting out to get back to you. Did my shameless self-promotion come about my book that's to be published come through on the e-mail I sent you from goodreads? If not: the book is, Where are the Cocoa Puffs? Will be available next year. Everyone must buy it!

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message 1: by Diane

Oct 14, 2009 06:46AM

Love the photo. Did I loan you "The Senator's Wife"?

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