Karen M. Greenwald is the author of Mud Angels and A Vote for Susanna, which was a Kansas 2022 Notable Book and represented Kansas at the Library of Congress National Book Festival and in the Great Reads from Great Places initiative. She cofounded the #SunWriteFun writing contest, which raises money for kidlit charities, and her strategic branding efforts have earned seventeen international awards, including a Platinum International Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award in 2023. Karen shares her Maryland office with a very noisy dog.