Author and artist Karson Brown grew up sailing and living aboard boats in the Pacific Northwest. She turned twenty-one on a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea and crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard a thirty-four-foot sailboat during hurricane season before turning thirty. Karson raised her two children along the shores of Vashon Island surrounded by a menagerie of critters. She is a writer, photographer, artist, and lifelong devotee of water. Karson is an alumna of Joyce Maynard’s “Write By The Lake Workshop” in Guatemala. She currently resides on Alki Beach collecting shells and befriending seagulls. Karson has two short stories published in the Vine Leaves Press 50 Give or Take Anthology (Nov. 2025) and two in the 2026 edition (out Nov. 2026). Red Fern Press will publish Karson’s debut memoir 48 Days to Barbados Oct. 20, 2026. See her art here.
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