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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Marla Hacker
about 8 months agoI’m intrigued. Going to read the book. Podcast is good.
ReplyKaren Spears Zacharias
about 7 months agoThank you, Marla!
ReplyBetty Bryson
about 7 months agoI pre ordered over a month ago. Don't know if I have to go to Amazon to buy it.
ReplyKaren Spears Zacharias
about 7 months agoBetty: Who did you order it from? The store you ordered from should have it.
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