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Karen Hugg

Goodreads Author

Born

Chicago, The United States

Website

http://www.karenhugg.com

Twitter

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Genre

Fiction, Crime, Mystery

Influences

Tana French, Jeff Vandermeer, Neil Gaiman, Cara Black, Donna Leon ...more

Member Since

September 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/karenhugg

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Karen Hugg writes literary mysteries and thrillers inspired by plants. Her stories are set in worlds where plants, real or imagined, affect people in strange new ways. Her background is in horticulture and her passion is living green things. Her aim is to entertain and inspire readers, to get them thinking while their hearts are pounding.

She's a certified ornamental horticulturalist and Master Pruner. She's also a graduate of the Goddard MFA program. When not digging in the dirt she writes.

The Forgetting Flower takes readers to Paris. The literary mystery Song of the Tree Hollow brings the spooky woods of the Pacific Northwest to life. ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 148 ratings · 76 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Forgetting Flower 4.08 avg rating — 74 ratings — 7 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
	Song of the Tree Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Rooted: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction by Josh MacIvor-Andersen (Editor), Bill McKibben (Introduction), Renée E. D'Aoust (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 25 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
	Soul's Road: A Fiction Collection by Cody T. Luff (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sidney Williams (Goodreads Author), Deborah Grace Staley (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties by Walter Cummins (Editor), Karen Hugg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	Pitkin Review, Spring 2010 by Kristen Stone (Goodreads Author), Sharon Cicilian (Editor in Chief), Sarah Shellow 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	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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5 of the Easiest House Plants to Grow

If you’d like some greenery in your home or office but your only talent for plants is killing them, don’t despair. House plants that don’t mind low light and little water do exist. They won’t take it personally if you ignore them for a while. And like many plants, they’ll still clean the air, soften your surroundings, and offer the relaxing beauty we often crave when indoors. Here are the five eas

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Karen Hugg wrote a new blog post 5 of the Easiest House Plants to Grow If you’d like some greenery in your home or office but your only talent for plants is killing them, don’t despair. House plants that don’t mind low li Read more of this blog post »
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Karen Hugg rated a book it was amazing The Shadow Keepers by Marisa Noelle (Goodreads Author)	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 Shadow Keepers is a wonderfully crafted novel, rich with psychological intrigue and a plot that keeps raising questions. It's like a One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for teens. Georgia, the main character, is committed to a mental hospital for see ...more
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Karen Hugg rated a book it was amazing The Forgetting Flower by Karen Hugg (Goodreads Author)	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
Hi all, I poured my heart into The Forgetting Flower so I hope you enjoy it! It was, if nothing else, a five-star effort. News Now, if you sign up for my monthly digest, you can download my short novel Song of the Tree Hollow, for free! The Makin ...more
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Karen Hugg and 1 other person liked Amy’s status update Amy is currently reading Goodbye, Paris
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Karen’s Quotes

“Sometimes he used a spade in his garden, and sometimes he read and wrote. He had but one name for these two kinds of labor; he called them gardening. ‘The Spirit is a garden,’ said he”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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