Karen Karlitz spent many years as an editor/writer for various publications and as a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, anthologies and newspapers. She is the author of the e-book "Baggage," available at Amazon Kindle. "No Thanks," a chapter excerpted from the book, is one of the most read stories of all time on Fictionaut.com, the social literary fiction site.

 

Born in New York City, she moved to California in 1992 with her husband, Howard. They live in Santa Monica two blocks from Henry Davis and his cohorts.