Karen Pierce Gonzalez

I have been writing since I discovered paper and pen.

My love of words led me to write fiction, non-fiction, and poetry which appears in many publications including  Big Blend Magazine, Lagom Journal, Postcard Poems and Prose, Potato Soup Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Tiny Thimble Magazine, Twist in Time, Voice of Eve and other publications.

My work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has received several  state and local awards.

I have facilitated creative writing workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area (Napa Community College, Santa Rosa Junior College Extension, local community centers, etc.).

I am also a mixed-media artist. I work intuitively with  tree bark, chalk/oil pastels, fibers, fabrics and, when lucky, salmon leather.

I am also folklorist and am publisher of FolkHeart Press which has produced Write Your Own Family Folktales, Love Potions, Lotions, and Lore, Spanish Cuisine: One Region at a Time, and more.

Literary Projects includes development of Mystery Writers in the Mausoleum, and memberships include California Association of Storytellers, North Bay Poetics, Santa Rosa Art Center, Sonoma County Folk Society, and Western Folklore Society.