Karen Hofmann grew up in the Okanagan and taught English and creative writing at Thompson Rivers University. She now lives in Victoria, BC. A collection of poetry, Water Strider, was published by Frontenac House in 2008 and shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay prize. Her first novel, After Alice, was published by NeWest Press in 2014, and a second novel, What is Going to Happen Next, in 2017. A short fiction collection, Echolocation, was released by NeWest in 2019, and third novel, A Brief View from the Coastal Suite, in 2021.
