Karen e olson biography sample
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An Inconvenient Wife
"The Tudor monarch mystery that I never knew I needed. As a fan of the Tudor era, this book had me hooked from the start. Yet regardless of the historical parallels, I also found myself engrossed by the unique and gripping narrative. An Inconvenient Wife beautifully weaves together the past and present, resulting in a thrilling must-read."
– Criminal Element
"A complex story with a large cast that Olson masterfully weaves and develops, An Inconvenient Wife is a new take on a historical family, proving that high-class murder never gets old."
– The Big Thrill
"Karen E. Olson achieves something wholly original with An Inconvenient Wife, which is both a crime novel and an astute study in marital relations and power struggles. While it takes its inspiration from Henry VIII and his wives, a king (and killer) who lived more than five hundred years ago, the story is thoroughly modern. At the risk of sounding impertinent: You may just lose your head
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I have a friend with whom I share a lot of reading DNA who recommended the Tattoo Shop mysteries written by this week's featured author. Now... I'm about the last person you'll ever meet who will get a tattoo-- in fact I think the only reason I would get one is if someone told me it was the only way to save my husband's life. But a detail that insignificant isn't going to stop me from reading mysteries set in a tattoo shop, especially when they come highly recommended. (If I only read about things I liked, I wouldn't be able to answer the stray boxing question on "Jeopardy.") Lo and behold, I read the first of Karen E. Olson's Tattoo Shop mysteries, enjoyed the information about tattoos and their creation, liked the story, and loved the characters. Tomorrow you'll be able to stop by and read my review of the second book in the series, Pretty in Ink, but today... let's learn more about the author, Karen E. Olson.
| Karen E. Olson |
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I am the award-winning author of 13 crime novels. My first book in the Annie Seymour mystery series, SACRED COWS, won the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award for best debut mystery from Time Warner/Mysterious Press. And the fourth in that series, SHOT GIRL, was a Shamus Award finalist. inom wrote kvartet books in the Tattoo Shop Mystery Series and four Black Hat Thrillers, which feature a woman computer hacker on the run.
An Inconvenient Wife is a modern retelling of Henry VIII and his wives—as a brott novel.
I have lived in Connecticut most of my life, except for kvartet years at Roanoke College in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and two years in Miami working for an advertising agency and then rewriting policies and procedures for an international securities and investigation company. I left Florida because I couldn’t afford a car with air conditioning.
I was an English major in college, reading a lot of dead vit male British authors, and wanted to be a writer, but figured inom shou