Karen Fortunati author biography, plus links to books by Karen Fortunati.

Karen Fortunati

Karen Fortunati is a former attorney, whose experiences on the job with children and teens and personal experiences witnessing the impact of depression, bipolar disorder, and suicide inspired her to write this story of hope for those who struggle with mental illness.The Weight of Zero was just named to the prestigious Indies Introduce list for Summer/Fall 2016. The manuscript was also awarded the 2014 SCBWI Work-in-Progress Grant in the Contemporary YA category. It was named a finalist in the 2015 Tassey-Walden Awards Contest and won the Serendipity Literary Agency 2013 YA First Page/Novel Discovery Contest.

This biography was last updated on 10/11/2016.

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