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Karen Oberlaender

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Website

https://inasmallcompass.wordpress.com/

Twitter

okiewashere

Genre

Paranormal, Contemporary, Mystery

Influences

C. S. Boyack, JP McLean, Dean Koontz, Luciana Cavallaro

Member Since

July 2013

URL

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Karen was born in Central Europe, discovering her love for languages at an early age. She is a linguist, translator, and technical author; writing is done in her spare time. She spends her time mainly in Germany and Ireland, collecting her inspirations on the go.
Her stories comprise some hobbies, favourite locations, animals, topics, beverages, etc. Most of the locations do exist; pubs and/or shops might be gone; people are fictional unless stated otherwise.

+++ In a Small Compass, Vol. 2 (short story collection) +++

Karen's personal motto:
Don’t look back in anger!

Karen's 10 statements
A typical work day begins with… black coffee and my schedule.
I lose track of time… when I am reading.
I have always… wanted to live in Ireland.
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What if surviving a murder attempt, a heartbreak, and the loss of the family business wasn’t the hardest thing you ever faced?

Carol is the sole heir to a broken empire, Ricardo the newest celebrity in the rock world.
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Writing for You: A Novelist's Guide to the Craft of Fiction

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