Karen Connelly
Karen Connelly | |
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| Born | Karen Marie Connelly 12 March 1969 |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, editor, psychotherapist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1990–present |
| Genre | Poetry, Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Travel writing, Memoir |
| Subject | Myanmar, human rights, exile, cross-cultural life, Greek rural life |
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| Spouse | Robert Chang (m. 2005) |
| Children | 1 |
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Karen Marie Connelly (born 12 March 1969) is a Canadian writer, poet, editor, and psychotherapist. She has written poetry, fiction, and nonfiction works, including The Lizard Cage (2005), which received the Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers. Her books draw on her experiences living in Thailand, Greece, Spain, France, and Myanmar and explores cross-cultural themes, including politics, language, human rights, and trauma recovery. She also works as a registered psychotherapist in Toronto, Canada.