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The Not-So-Secret Writing Life: Second Careers & Secret Societies with Karen Winn (E193)
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- Jan 21, 2026
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Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Karen Winn. Karen is the author of two novels: The Society (Dutton, 2026), and Our Little World (Dutton, 2022). She earned her MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. For her undergraduate studies she attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she may or may not have belonged to a secret society. Writing is her first love and second career; she worked as a nurse for many years. Karen lives in the charming Beacon Hill neighborho...