Karen J. Cantrell’s work has appeared in various publications, including Past Ten, the blog for the Living Lutheran, The Palo Alto Review, and an anthology from Red Hen Press. In 2014 she left a full-time teaching job to pursue writing full-time and to travel. Along the way, she studied hypnotherapy, and is a certified hypnosis practitioner and integrative life coach with experience in regression therapy. She is currently completing a memoir.