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Karen A. Chase

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in Calgary, Canada

March 04, 1971

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Historical Fiction, Travel Essay, Southern Women's Fiction

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Karen A. Chase is the award-winning author of CARRYING INDEPENDENCE. No. 12 on the Top 100 Indie books of 2019, it was short-listed for the Eric Hoffer Indie Publishing Award, and was a semifinalist in the Screencraft Cinematic Book competition. Karen was a visiting scholar at the American Antiquarian Society and a Virginia Humanities 2019-2020 Library of Virginia Fellow.

Her first book, Bonjour 40: A Paris Travel Log, garnered seven independent publishing awards. She is a member of James River Writers, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Historical Novelist Society, and the American Revolutionary Round Table. Originally from Calgary, Canada, she resides with two scrappy cats, and her partner, Ted, in Richmo ...more

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	Carrying Independence (A Founding-Documents Novel Book 1) 4.36 avg rating — 175 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonjour 40: A Paris travel log (40 years. 40 days. 40 seconds.) 3.59 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Angela's Kitchen 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brand the Author (Not the Book): A Workbook for Writing & Launching Your Own Author Brand Plan 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Women in American Revolution: Agency, Coverture, and the Revolutionary War

As we honor Veteran’s Day today, let’s talk about women’s involvement in our founding and the Revolution. While researching women’s roles in the American Revolution for a historical novel, I became fascinated by primary sources showing young women working in trades or nurturing “expected” talents like needlework while family members discussed their futures. These moments capture a reality for coun

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“Books aren't for decoration, they are to improve the design of one's interior.”
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“Upon returning home, I asked a Parisian friend who lives near me how she does it. How does she manage to adjust to our grocery stores and our food when she comes back from Paris? I was having a heck of a time with it. She shook her head sympathetically and said, “I remember one time I came back to the States. I went to the grocery store. I stood in the aisles. And I cried. I literally cried.”
― Karen A. Chase, Bonjour 40: A Paris travel log

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“I enjoy writing historical fiction because it allows me to live more lives than just this one.”
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