Karen Halvorsen Schreck

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Karen Halvorsen Schreck | The Forgotten Silences
May 6, 2016
As I drove my daughter to school yesterday, I was distracted (at a stoplight) by a sticker slapped on the bumper of the van waiting  Read More...

Karen Halvorsen Schreck | My Mother, My Self—How Her Story Shaped My Novel Broken Ground...
January 8, 2016
And How My Story Extended Hers Lately, I’ve been having some challenging conversations with a friend concerning the ongoing inspiration  Read More...

Karen Halvorsen Schreck | The Family Story—A Book In Itself
September 18, 2015
When I was a child, my father told me stories. He was a good storyteller with a great voice (like Rose, the main character of  Read More...

Karen Halvorsen Schreck’s latest novel, BROKEN GROUND, will be published by Simon & Schuster’s Howard books in May 2016. Her most recent novel, SING FOR ME (Spring, 2014) was called “Impressive . . . a well-wrought and edifying page-turner” by Publisher’s Weekly (Starred Review). Her other novels include While He Was Away, a Finalist for the 2012 Oklahoma Young Adult Book Award, and Dream Journal, a 2006 Young Adult BookSense Pick. Her published short stories and articles have received various awards, including a Pushcart Prize and an Illinois State Arts Council Grant.

Karen received her doctorate in English and Creative from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She works as a freelance writer and editor, teaches writing and literature, and lives with her husband, the photographer Greg Halvorsen Schreck, and their two children in Wheaton, Illinois.

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