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Karen Hugg

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Born

Chicago, The United States

Website

http://www.karenhugg.com

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Genre

Fiction, Thriller, Travel

Influences

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

Member Since

September 2011

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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 on June 18th, 2019. The literary mystery Song of the Tree Hollow brings the spooky woods of the Pacific Northwest to life.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 112 ratings · 65 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Forgetting Flower 4.12 avg rating — 58 ratings — 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
	Song of the Tree Hollow 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Rooted: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction by Josh MacIvor-Andersen (Editor), Bill McKibben (Introduction) , Renée E. D'Aoust (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 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 — 4 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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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 ...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 In October, I’m giving away The Forgetting Flower bookmarks. To receive one, just sign up for my newsletter. Also, as a ...more
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“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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