Karen Simpson

Writing and history are Karen Simpson greatest passions. She holds a Master’s in Historic Preservation and often designed exhibits for museums and other historical institutions that deal with issues of cultural diversity and racial reconciliation. She's a foodie and own way too many cookbooks. She's taught quilting for over twenty year and love horses. The subjects and themes for her fiction are taken from the stories she discovers while doing research. Act of Grace is her debut novel.

AWARDS FOR ACT OF GRACE

2014 Springfed Arts 1st Place

2013 Go On Girls New Author of the Year Award

2012 Independent Publisher Silver Medal Award winner for Visionary Fiction

2011 Moonbeam Award Gold Medal Winner for Young Adult Spirituality.

2009 winner of The Speculative Literature Foundation Older Writers Grant