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Karen Joy Fowler is a revered author of literary fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, and raised partly in Palo Alto, California, she studied at UC Berkeley and UC Davis. She began in speculative fiction, winning the 1987 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her novels often explore family dynamics, women’s lives, social alienation, and historical themes with wit and empathy. Fowler is best known for the bestseller “The Jane Austen Book Club” (2004), adapted into a 2007 film; she gained wider acclaim with “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” (2013), which won the PEN/Faulkner Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Fowler has won multiple World Fantasy Awards and co-founded the Otherwise Award.
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