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  • Christian Bend

    "Literary fiction worth its salt should speak to the human condition. CHRISTIAN BEND does not disappoint and will leave you on your feet, tears streaking your face, cheering for more."...

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  • BURDY

    "Prepare to be captivated"  Karen Karbo, author of Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life 

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  • Benched

    Benched: The Memoirs of Judge Rufe McCombs (Mercer Univ. Press), 1997. Nominee: Georgia Author of the Year

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  • After the Flag has been Folded

    "I adored this book. It is told with such grace and humor and wisdom." Jeannette Walls, author of the NYT Bestseller THE GLASS CASTLE 

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  • Where’s Your Jesus Now?

    "Witty, intelligent and a poignant analysis of organized religion today." -- Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump

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  • Will Jesus Buy Me a Doublewide? ‘Cause I need more room for my plasma TV

    “I love a writer that’s not afraid to walk with real people and speak the truth of their lives. Keep shining your light Karen!” -- Jeff Foxworthy 

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  • Mother of Rain: A Novel

    "A brilliant gem of a novel. Zacharias is a wonderful writer." --Lee Smith, author of MRS. DARCY AND THE BLUE-EYED STRANGER  

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  • Karly Sheehan: True Crime Story Behind Karly’s Law

    "A must read. Compelling and heartbreaking. ANN RULE/ New York Times bestselling author 

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  • Harry and the Isolation of Grief

    Harry and the Isolation of Grief

      Let's talk about Harry's memoir SPARE for a moment, shall we? Like many of you, I have complicated emotions about Harry's tell-all. When Harry told Anderson Cooper about the fight with Will, I thought of how upset their mother would be that her boys aren't[..]
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  • Stories: The Gift of Christmas

    Stories: The Gift of Christmas

    Telling our stories is a large percentage of what we do when we return home. That tidbit of wisdom comes from author Seamas O'Reilly in his memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?  He was five nearly six when his mammy died from breast cancer, leaving[..]
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    24 12 , 2022 3 Comments
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  • Corn Flakes Saved His Life

    Corn Flakes Saved His Life

    Pearl Harbor Day. That time when a bowl of cornflakes saved the life of Hunter Mendenhall. As a teenager, I only knew Mr. Mendenhall as the quiet and friendly father of my good friend Karen Mendenhall. It was his wife, Donna, the daughter of Italian[..]
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  • Dear Mr. President

    Dear Mr. President

    Dear Mr. President: As a Gold Star daughter (Stf. Sgt. David P. Spears, Panel 9E, Line 71), I hold very dear all that this country has granted me in the way of freedoms. As someone who has taught First Amendment Rights at Central Washington University,[..]
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  • Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!

    Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!

      In November of 2016, I turned 60. To celebrate my 60th birthday, I went on a silent retreat at Mt. Angel Abbey, outside of Portland. I had never been on a silent retreat before, but it was something I had longed to do since[..]
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  • The Power of Women Who Vote

    The Power of Women Who Vote

      I took the dog for a walk. It was colder than I expected, a bitter wind was blowing. I was dressed for the cold but not for the wind. Instead of going for our usual four miles, I cut it down to two miles.[..]
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  • The God of Christian Nationalists

    The God of Christian Nationalists

    I have been listening to the podcast "Teaching Texas" on Apple podcast. It follows the journey of how textbooks are adopted and how the state of Texas has held a critical influential role in what is included and what is excluded in textbooks across America.[..]
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    19 10 , 2022 4 Comments
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  • In Pursuit of a Welcoming Place

    In Pursuit of a Welcoming Place

    She was pushing a broom, picking up litter left by inconsiderate customers. I'm sorry if I'm in your way, she said. Not at all, I replied, scooting my chair to make room for her. I read her name tag and thought it said Stacey, so[..]
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    17 10 , 2022 2 Comments
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  • The Republican Party’s Minstrel

    The Republican Party’s Minstrel

    I met a man at a bar last night. He asked if I was in town on business. As a matter of fact, I said. I found out he was from Kentucky. Oh, some of my favorite writers are from Kentucky, I remarked. Silas House,[..]
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Meet Karen

 

Author/Journalist Karen Spears Zacharias is a Gold Star daughter and an alumna of Oregon State University, Shepherd University and University of West Scotland.

Karen's work has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio, and Good Morning America.

Her debut novel, Mother of Rain (Mercer University Press), received the Weatherford Award for Best in Appalachian Fiction from Berea College and was adapted for the stage by Georgia's Historic State Theater, The Springer. In 2018, Karen was named Appalachian Heritage Writer by Shepherd University, and Mother of Rain was chosen as the One Book One West Virginia Read.

Her first true crime book A Silence of Mockingbirds was chosen by the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as the One City Read.

The Murder Gene is her second true crime work.

Karen and her husband, Tim, make their home in Deschutes County, Oregon.

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