An Evening with Karen Dionne

 
We are pleased to be partner with the Petoskey District Library in welcoming Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King’s Daughter. Karen’s event will take place in the Carnegie Building, adjoining the Crooked Tree Arts Center (the old library) on Tuesday, August 8th at 6 p.m. This event is hosted with the Petoskey District Library and reservations are requested.  Visit www.mcleanandeakin.com or call 231.347.1180 to reserve a space.
When the notorious child abductor, “The Marsh King,” escapes from a maximum security prison in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula wilderness, Helena Pelletier is sure she can use the hunting and tracking skills she learned as a child to find him. After all, no one is The Marsh King’s equal when it comes to navigating the marshland—except Helena herself, his daughter.
But as Helena hunts her father to return him to prison, gradually she realizes that his escape is the first step in an elaborate scheme to kidnap her and her two young daughters. As their cat and quarry game unfolds, she must use all of her wilderness skills not only to thwart his plan, but to survive it.
She is cofounder of the online writer’s community Backspace, and organizes the Salt Cay Writers Retreat held every other year on a private island in the Bahamas. She is a member of the International Thriller Writers, where she served on the board of directors as Vice President, Technology.
Karen’s short fiction has appeared in Bathtub Gin, The Adirondack Review, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, and Thought Magazine, as well as First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors, an anthology of short stories from bestselling and emerging authors edited by Lee Child. Karen lives with her husband in Detroit’s northern suburbs.