Karen Michalson writes literary fantasy and hard, progressive-edged rock music. She is the bassist and lead vocalist for the adventure rock trio, Point Of Ares, and runs their associated record label, Arula Records.
Karen grew up on literary classics and rock n' roll. She earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Massachusetts, where she specialized in nineteenth-century British literature. It was in the course of her doctoral program that she became interested in examining the politics of privileging realism over fantasy literature in traditional English studies. It was out of this interest that she wrote her first book, Victorian Fantasy Literature: Literary Battles with Church and Empire.
After graduating, she taught at the University of Connecticut for two years, and then decided to leave teaching to write fiction full time.
It was during this period that she taught herself bass guitar and formed Point Of Ares. Point Of Ares has released three albums, Enemy Glory (1996), The Sorrows Of Young Apollo (1999) and Enemy Glory Darkly Blessed (2001).
Enemy
Glory ( Tor Books), the first book of
Karen's epic fantasy series of the same name, which was the inspiration for Point Of Ares's
first and third albums, is available in all major bookstores. It was a finalist for
the 2002 Prometheus Award
for Best Novel, and was one of the books that received the most votes for the 2002
Locus Award for Best First Novel.
Hecate's Glory (Tor Books),
the second book in her series, was the
Freedom Book of the Month for September 2003. It is also available in all major bookstores.
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