Derwent Valley
Writers’ Festival

May 27—29 2022
The Barracks, New Norfolk

Karen Brooks

Karen Brooks is the author of fourteen books of historical fiction, historical fantasy, YA fantasy, and non-fiction – and was an academic for over 25 years, a newspaper columnist and social commentator. She has a Ph.D. in English/Cultural Studies and is published internationally on popular culture, education and social psychology. An award-winning teacher, she’s taught throughout Australia and in The Netherlands and keynoted at many education conferences. Nowadays, she finds contentment studying history and writing, and helping her husband in his Brewstillery, Captain Bligh’s.

She shares a beautiful stone house in Hobart, built in 1868, with hubby, adorable dogs and cats, and shelves brimming with books.