Karen Martin

Karen Martin is an award-winning playwright and author. She ran away with the circus, created plays in prisons, and strived to create transformational theatre experiences. Her contributions include: The Women’s Circus: Leaping the Wire, and Women in Theatre: Ewa Czajor Memorial Award Recipients. She received a Local History Award for The Women’s Jail Project.

Her novel Dancing the Labyrinth won the Eyelands Book Award 2024. The Greek translation is published by Radamanthys Publications. Her second novel The Bringer of Happiness was inspired from Languedoc folklore about Mary Magdealene. Delphi is the sequel to Dancing the Labyrinth and can be read as a stand-alone.

Karen’s non-fiction includes The Little Book of Red Flags and The Little Book of Apologies which take on a humorous approach to relationships.