Karen Bayly
Karen Bayly is the author of the cross-genre steampunk novel, Fortitude and its sequel, Courage. She began writing as a child when she wrote soap operas for Barbie, Ken, and a host of other dollies to perform. These days it’s her PhD in biology, her research background, and her fear for the future that informs her writing, a fusion of science fiction, horror, and fantasy.
Member of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), Horror Writers’ Association (HWA) and Australasian Horror Writers’ Association (AHWA).
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Why write Steampunk?
Crossing genre boundaries Do you know what I like about steampunk? Aside from the cool invention aesthetic, you can tell stories with elements of horror, the undead, romance, and adventure, with characters as diverse as you find in real life. Or at least, that’s how I write steampunk. You can…
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