Contact info:

Email: [email protected]
Publicist: Katie Grinch ([email protected])
Speakers Bureau: Dawn Stewart, Books in Common ([email protected])
Literary Agent: Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management ([email protected])

Short Bio:

Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of the award-winning psychological suspense novels The Marsh King’s Daughter and The Wicked Sister, both published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the U.S. and in dozens of other countries. The Marsh King’s Daughter was named one of the best books of 2017 by iBooks and many other booksellers and reviewers, and released in 2023 by Lionsgate as a major motion picture starring Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn. Karen enjoys nature photography and lives with her husband on a small lake surrounded by forest in the middle of Michigan.

Long Bio:

Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of the award-winning psychological suspense novels 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 was released by Lionsgate in 2023 as a major motion picture starring Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn.

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. Karen enjoys nature photography and lives with her husband on a small lake surrounded by forest in the middle of Michigan.