Karen has been interested in folktales and folklore for more than two decades. She has facilitated writing classes and workshops for more than fifteen years and has developed a technique to help writers capture treasured memories, persons, places and events with the use of folktale motifs.
She is an award-winning fiction and nonfiction writer. Her writing credits include nomination for the Pushcart Prize (2006) and awards from Farmhouse Magazine (2006), National League of American Pen Women, California Writers Association, and others.
Her work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, North Bay Biz Journal, Australian Trade Community Journal, Verde, Sonoma Mandala, and Zahir Tales as well as other magazines and newspapers.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Creative Writing and Anthropological Linguistics/Folklore from Sonoma State University in California. Her folklore research credits include �Sonoma County Scarecrows: Scarecrows as Folk Art,� which was presented to the California Folklore Society.
CEO of Karen Pierce Gonzalez Public Relations: Art, Culture, and Community, she lives in Northern California with her husband and daughter.