Karen Alea Bio
www.karenalea.com
Growing up in
South Florida
with
light skin
and red hair, I found myself a Cuban-American spy, getting to look into my own culture with one foot outside. I laughed along with the wetback jokes during the day and ate
arroz con pollo
with my
Abuelo
at night. Living in two worlds at a young age, I have always been interested in the emotional and
social differences
of
world cultures. I have traveled/worked in
Cuba,
India,
Haiti,
Jamaica,
Dominican Republic,
Thailand
and
Australia.
I am a graduate of Bennington Writing Seminars' MFA program. I attended Sewanee Writers' Conference and am currently an adjunct professor in English at
Middle
Tennessee
State
University.
I have several nonfiction credits as well as stories published in
Out of Line,
spitfirepress.com, and
Eureka
literary magazines. My short,
The Next Guy
won first place in a literary contest judged by multi-award winner
Ann Patchett.
