Karlene Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica and now resides in the Cayman Islands. She is the author of You Can Rise Up, Let My Soul Bare, Meet the Imaginative Joe Dreamer and What If...All You Can Imagine. Karlene holds a Master of Arts Degree in Communication for Social and Behaviour Change from the University of the West Indies. Karlene began her published writing in her teenage years as a Youth Writer with Jamaica's national newspaper The Gleaner. Today she focuses mostly on writing blogs and e-books. Karlene also works full time as a Corporate Administrator.