Karen Barton has worked across the U.S. in public, medical, and school libraries. She began writing fiction and screenplays as an undergraduate and received an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory. Her work spans from humorous to heart-wrenching and centers people of color. Born into a military family, Karen was raised in San Antonio, TX after spending the first part of her childhood in Long Beach, CA. She now resides in Los Angeles.
Open to work for hire and IP work in picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and young adult. Special interests in realistic fiction, African-American music and culture, higher education, and medicine.
