Hi! I'm Karen. I've always enjoyed writing. When I was a teenager, I was terribly shy. I had to do a lot of writing in an English class that I took in high school, and the teacher always made us read our stories in front of the class. Yikes! But my classmates seemed to enjoy mine...they even asked to hear mine first sometimes... I learned that I could entertain other people with my writing. But I loved science! I spent many years -- in college and then in graduate school -- learning about biology. Then I taught biology in a small college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. But I loved writing! I started taking writing classes. That was how I learned that I could combine my two passions. I've published one book (Seven Wonders of Medicine), and a second is in the works. I've also published articles in children's magazines, one about hibernation and another about a fake epidemic that saved thousands of Polish people from the Nazis in World War II. There is more about my books and articles on my website (http://home.comcast.net/~kgballen/site/). Visit soon!
