Beginner's Pluck: 'I wrote books but I never thought I could be a writer'

Karen O'Connor's debut, 'Meeting Mae', is a heartfelt novel about friendship, choices, and secrets.
Beginner's Pluck: 'I wrote books but I never thought I could be a writer'

Karen O'Connor author

A quiet, sensitive child, Karen got a typewriter for her eighth birthday, and later, wrote a book for her family.

“But I never thought I could be a writer,” she says.

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