Karen Lynn Allen grew up in San Francisco and Edmonds, Washington. At seventeen, she returned to California to study English and industrial engineering at Stanford University. After graduating she worked in engineering and management at several large corporations, but writing was always her true...
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Karen Lynn Allen grew up in San Francisco and Edmonds, Washington. At seventeen, she returned to California to study English and industrial engineering at Stanford University. After graduating she worked in engineering and management at several large corporations, but writing was always her true love. Her first novel, Pearl City Control Theory, an urban comedy of manners,reflects her experiences in corporate America. Her latest novel, Beaufort 1849, is historical fiction about the birthplace of the secession movement in South Carolina. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and three children.
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