About the Author

Karen Dionne drew heavily on her experiences during the 1970s in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to write The Marsh King's Daughter, when she and her husband lived in a tent with their six-week-old daughter while they built a tiny cabin. Karen carried water from a stream, made wild apple jelly over a campfire (and defended it against marauding raccoons), sampled wild foods such as cattail heads and milkweed pods, and washed nappies in a bucket (which Karen says is every bit as nasty as it sounds). She enjoys nature photography and lives with her husband in Detroit's northern suburbs.

Reviews

This gorgeously written eerie suspense novel gave me chills... I loved it - KARIN SLAUGHTERSensationally good psychological suspense - I loved this book - LEE CHILDI was drawn into Karen Dionne's THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER from its first captivating sentences. Troubling, sinuous and powerfully told, you won't be able to stop turning the pages - MEGAN ABBOTT'I don't use the word "brilliant" often, but no other adjective feels adequate to describe this amazing novel... It's an understatement to say THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER is an exceptional achievement - DAVID MORRELL