Karen Keeley

Karen Keeley first fell in love with a good who-done-it when she stumbled upon Rex Stout and his Nero Wolfe novels at a used bookstore in northwestern Ontario, what she lovingly calls her Archie books, her go to resource when looking for inspiration for her own writing.

She has published short fiction in more than a dozen anthologies: literary, speculative and crime. She is also one of the winners in the Eyelands 9th international short story competition "Round Midnight", with her short story "Crying all the way to the bank." Her novella "Sticks and Stones" was also a finalist in their 2022 book award contest.

Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Karen has lived and worked in many cities across the country. Whitehorse, Yukon was home for many years. During that time, she returned to school on a part-time basis, taking courses at the college and graduating with honours, Multi-media Communications, while working full-time in Whitehorse as a Communications Analyst with the Yukon government.

Now retired, Karen makes her home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.