Karin Harrison

Karin Harrison was born in Germany and moved to the United States in 1960. After nearly twenty-three years of working as an optician, she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a writer. At age sixty-three she left her job and returned to school to study creative writing and literature.

She has published five books: Hermann's Ruhe, The Wrath of the North Star, The Tainted Lens, Coffee and Peach Cake - A collection of short stores, and her latest book, The Secret Picture.

Karin is a great-grandmother and lives in Bel Air, MD with her husband, George.