Bio

Born in Philadelphia, Karen Kalbacher started her art career by making a passable birdbath (complete with bird) out of clay in kindergarten. When she learned to read and write, fiction became her first love, closely followed by art. She attended Community College of Philadelphia as an English Major, Art Minor before transferring to the Art Institute of Philadelphia where she became an animation major. She graduated in Winter 2000 with an Associates Degree in Specialized Technology (Computer Animation.).

Since graduation, Karen has worked for a number of different companies. She has designed company websites, logos and done illustrations for te boardgame Franchi$it while working for Mediacraft.com-a small web design company in Mt. Laurel, NJ. Several of her short stories have been published on the web and she has done band interviews for Origivation Magazine and ghosted articles for various websites. She has experience writing copy, bios and editing various texts.

Currently livining in Ocean City, she has recently self published a chick lit comedy called, My Big Fat Friend. The book features best friends on a beach vacation where protagonist Andy learns the rules of being hot, that her best friend's life isn't perfect and that sometimes quitting your job and going to the beach for shots can be the best decision of your life. It's available through both Amazon.com & Lulu.com.

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Short List of Sites Designed:
Mediacraft.com
Massagebydesign - for Mediacraft
Cindy's Natural Soaps - for Mediacraft
Ozmia.com - my art site
PetSketch - my side project
JakeFarbman.com
A+ Dental - In conjunction with Adenine Solutions, I helped design this site an the Logo designed by me for the site is on the side of their office building.

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Karen loves odd jobs and weird challenges. She can be reached by email. Currently Karen is interested in projects where she would be designing simple web sites, illustrating children's books and writing anything fictional.