Karen Kirsten

Karen Kirsten is the author of IRENA’S GIFT, a National Jewish Book Award finalist, winner of Zibby Awards for Best Family Drama & Best Story of Overcoming, an Australian Jewish Book Award finalist, and described by Pulitzer prize winning author Geraldine Brooks as, “a disturbing investigation into the power of secrets to harm and to haunt.” Karen is an Australian-American writer and Holocaust educator who speaks on the topics of hatred and reconciliation around the world. Her work has been published by Narratively and nominated for Best American Essays, also in Salon, Huffington Post, The Week, The Jerusalem Post, WIEZ in Poland, Boston's National Public Radio station, The Boston Herald, The Christian Post, The Age, The Brisbane Times, WA Today and The Sydney Morning Herald.