I’m Karen, a children’s author based in Melbourne, Australia. My debut non-fiction picture book with Marta Tesoro was released with Hardie Grant Explore in June 2024. Find out more here. You can also read my fiction and non-fiction work in The School Magazine, Double Helix and The Toy. And be sure to keep your eyes peeled for my debut middle grade graphic novel with Jake Minton, and Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing in April 2025!

– Happy reading!

Acknowledgement of Country
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which I work and live, the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to Elders past and present. I acknowledge this land was taken by force and without consent and that the First Nation’s have never ceded sovereignty to their lands and waters.