Contact

Contact Karen

Karen is always delighted to hear from readers!

You can write to her at karen@karen-dionne.com or P.O. Box 803 Farwell, MI 48622.

Email

karen@karen-dionne.com

Mail

P.O. Box 803, Farwell, MI 48622

Speaking & Teaching

To book Karen for a speaking or teaching engagement, please contact Dawn Stewart at Books in Common. (dawn@booksincommon.org)

Bookstores and book clubs can contact her directly at karen@karen-dionne.com. Please note that Karen is only meeting with book clubs virtually at this time.

"Without a doubt the best hour teaching this year. Karen's love for writing, her care for youth, and genuinely delightful nature made my students and I treasure every minute of our time with a nationally acclaimed author."

Cynthia DePetro

English Teacher, Marquette Area Public Schools

“Thank you for one of the finest evenings our branch has ever had. I heard nothing but praise for your presentation, and, of course, your book.”

Helene Lusa

American Association of University Women, Plymouth-Canton branch

For the Media

Contact Info

Email: karen@karen-dionne.com
Mail: P.O. Box 803, Farwell, MI 48622
Publicist: Katie Grinch (kgrinch@penguinrandomhouse.com)
Speakers Bureau: Dawn Stewart, Books in Common (dawn@booksincommon.org)
Literary Agent: Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management (jkleinman@foliolit.com)

Short Bio

Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Marsh King’s Daughter and The Wicked Sister, both published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the US and in dozens of other languages. Praised by The New York Times Book Review as “subtle, brilliant, and mature,” The Marsh King’s Daughter is soon to be a major motion picture starring Ben Mendelsohn and Daisy Ridley.

Long Bio

Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of the award-winning psychological suspense novel The Marsh King’s Daughter published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the US and in 26 other languages, and The Wicked Sister (August 2020), also from G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

The Marsh King’s Daughter was named one of the best books of 2017 by iBooks, Hudson Booksellers, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Irish Independent, Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, and many other booksellers and reviewers, and is soon to be a major motion picture starring Ben Mendelsohn and Daisy Ridley.

Both The Marsh King’s Daughter and The Wicked Sister were selected as Michigan Notable Books by the Library of Michigan. The Wicked Sister was also chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Thrillers of 2020.

Karen has been active in the writing community for over twenty years. She currently co-hosts an online authors series, The Back Room, with Hank Phillippi Ryan.

Sample Articles & Radio Interviews

Sample articles by Karen and radio interviews Daily Mail/YOU magazine – How we survived for three years in the American wilderness by Karen Dionne

Signature Reads: What Comes After – Finding the Story in What Happens Next by Karen Dionne

Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books: Of Fathers and Daughters – The Thriller as Tragic Love Story by Karen Dionne

Radio Gorgeous interview – London

KSCJ radio interview – Sioux City, IA

Speaking of Mysteries podcast interview

Hi-Res Photos (Click on a photo for a larger image).
Photo credit: Robert Bruce.