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Karen Fielding

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Born

in Philadelphia, The United States

Website

http://americansycamore.wordpress.com/

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense

Influences

Richard Brautigan, Carson McCullers

Member Since

September 2013

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Karen Fielding has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from Boston University and an MA in Creative Writing from Goldsmith's College. The chapter "City of Brotherly of Love" was published in "Lost on Purpose" by Seal Press and the first five chapters published in an anthology called "Goldfish" from Goldsmith's College for the best writing in the last five years. Fielding's poetry has appeared in literary journals Browse and Zinc in Paris; news articles have appeared in The Argus newspaper in Cape Town, South Africa, The Advocate newspaper in Provincetown, MA.; and Newsweek magazine in New York. She lives in London with her husband, two teenagers, and a really great dog. ...more

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Karen Fielding I don't know. On the one hand I feel like I can goof off with impunity but on the other hand I have two children who ask me -- why don't you have a re…moreI don't know. On the one hand I feel like I can goof off with impunity but on the other hand I have two children who ask me -- why don't you have a real job like so and so's mother, and why do you stare outside the window so much and you drink too much -- so I guess I have to say everything is good about being a writer.(less)

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Karen Fielding I am currently working on the plot for my second book. It doesn't mean I'm writing it down -- what I mean to say is I'm thinking about it -- I tend to…moreI am currently working on the plot for my second book. It doesn't mean I'm writing it down -- what I mean to say is I'm thinking about it -- I tend to think more than I write; and edit more than I think, and the writing just kind of falls in between.(less)

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American Sycamore has won Gold in the Mid-Atlantic Best Regional Fiction category of the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
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