Karen Thompson Walker is an American novelist. Her first book, ''

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'' was published in 2012. Walker's second novel, '' The Dreamers'' was published in 2019. Walker has been featured in ''

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Biography

Karen Thompson Walker
was born in

San Diego, California San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...

. She earned her degrees in English language and

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from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. While in college, Walker wrote for the '' Daily Bruin''. After completing her undergraduate degree, Walker worked as a journalist for a newspaper in San Diego. She completed her master's degree at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. After graduating from Columbia, Walker lived with her husband in

Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

. She worked as an editor at

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...

. Today, she lives in

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

and is an assistant professor at the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...

in the Creative Writing Department.

Awards and honors

Walker was awarded the ''

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'' "best fiction" prize. In 2011, she was awarded a Sirenland Fellowship.

References

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* Living people 21st-century American novelists American women novelists Writers from San Diego University of California, Los Angeles alumni Columbia University alumni University of Oregon faculty Writers from Oregon American women academics 21st-century American women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-novelist-stub