Karen Brown

Karen Brown is an American author and creative writing professor at the University of South Florida, known for her short story collections 'Pins and Needles' and 'Little Sinners and Other Stories,' which won the Grace Paley Prize and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize respectively. She is also the debut novelist of 'The Longings of Wayward Girls,' a mystery novel published by Washington Square Press. Brown lives in Tampa, Florida, and her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies including Best American Short Stories.