Speaker Biographies

Karin Fuller

Karin Fuller has been a lifestyle columnist for The Sunday-Gazette Mail, West Virginia's largest newspaper, since 1997, and has been recognized annually as one of the state's top columnists by the West Virginia Press Association. In June of 2003, her columns were awarded first place in the United States (general interest category) by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and in 2008, she was awarded an arts fellowship for memoir by the West Virginia Division of Culture & History.

Fuller won first place in Writers Digest's 2008 genre short story competition, and she has twice made the top ten in Glamour magazine's annual "Story of My Life" essay contest. Some of her publishing credits include Family Circle, Woman's World, Appalachian Heritage, Atlanta Parent, and Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers, among others.

Employed by Charleston Newspapers since 1987, Karin lives in South Charleston with her husband Geoff (a three-time Arts Fellowship winner), her 12-year-old daughter Celeste (also a published writer), and their three dogs, two cats, two rats, and a rabbit (none of which have yet published).

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