Karen Vorbeck Williams
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Karen Vorbeck Williams

Literature & Fiction
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I began writing as a girl—short stories, poems, and little essays on my beliefs. As a wife and mother I was so busy I had to write poems—they were short. In the 70s, when our family moved to seven acres of land in Southeastern Massachusetts, into a farmhouse built in 1710, I wanted to learn more about how the people who first settled the land actually lived. As we restored the old rooms and removed the paint from the wide pine board floors, I realized that our house had been built before my many "greats" great grandmother Mary Bliss Parsons (1625?-1712) had died. She had lived in Northampton, MA, probably in a house quite similar to ours. It was there that she was accused of witchcraft and faced a trial in Boston. Northampton was about a two hour drive from us. Gradually I began to research her life and found an amazing story. The result was the historical novel "My Enemy’s Tears: The Witch of Northampton." "The House on Seventh Street" was inspired by the Nancy Drew Mysteries I loved as a girl. The book is set in the town where I was born and is based on a number of memories from my youth as well as family stories and myths. I was writing fiction which gave me the liberty to exaggerate these stories and tell whopping lies if that would improve the plot or deepen the characters' motivations. "Pretty: a memoir" is a coming of age story set in the 1950s. I grew up in Grand Junction, CO and the story takes place there and in Ojai, CA where we moved after my parent's divorce. I wanted to be an actress and my adventures led me to Hollywood and back. On the personal side, I am a widow and grandmother, an avid amateur photographer, and master gardener. At the moment I'm working on my forth novel--again historical fiction set in 17th century New England. Learn more at: https://www.karenvorbeckwilliams.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/karenvorbeckwilliams
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