Karen Kenyon

  Welcome to my site!
 
 

Reach me:
kkenyon@miracosta.edu

Letters Instructor, MIRACOSTA COLLEGE, Cardiff, California
M.A., SDSU, 1987
Phone: (760) 944-4449 or (858) 755-5155 Extension: 7879

Check out Creative Writing, English 280!  (PDF)


Author and Freelance Journalist.
Books:   
SUNSHOWER, Putnam, NY, 1981 -- currently in paperback on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com
THE BRONTË FAMILY /PASSIONATE LITERARY GENIUSES,  The Lerner Publishing Group, 2003

Works in progress:
Young Adult Biography of Charles Dickens
Adult work on the healing powers of writing

Articles:   
Newsweek, Redbook, Westways, British Heritage, the Los Angeles Times, Writers Digest, among others
The City of Dreams, Christian Science Monitor, August 15, 2006
Tender Loving Hair, San Diego Magazine, March 2008, San Diego, California
Monet's Garden, www.creators.com
San Diego Children's Museum, www.csmonitor.com
Looking for Pable in the South of France, www.creators.com

Recent Awards:
Winner in Children's Literature, San Diego Magazine Local Book of the Year, 2003
Honorable Mention in History and Biography, San Diego Book Awards Association, 2003

Taught at MiraCosta since 1982



 
 
 
Favorite writing sites:

MiraCosta's Home Page

Selection of articles, essays and photos

Poetry