Karen McMillan lives in New Zealand. She writes both fiction and non-fiction.
Her first book, Unbreakable Spirit, features 25 inspirational true-life stories of people facing cancer with courage. Love in Aotearoa (Love Bytes in the UK) is a heart-warming celebration of love in all its forms. Feast or Famine takes a revealing and thought-provoking look at the problem of eating difficulties in our modern world. Shaggy Dog and Fishy Cat Tales is a gently humorous gift book that celebrates the feline and canine characters that share and enrich our lives and will be published in the UK late in 2007.
Karen has a Diploma of Professional Writing and an Advanced Diploma of Applied Arts (Writing). Love in Aotearoa was short listed for the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Award in 2005.
Previously an award-winning fashion designer, Karen has worked full time for a photographic book publisher based in New Zealand for the past seven years. Karen has written articles for a variety of different publications. She also volunteers for her local hospice and writes articles that promote the life-affirming work that they do. Watching Over Me is her first novel.

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