Karen Nortman

ARTIST STATEMENT/BIO

Karen Musser Nortman, author:  "I write cozy mysteries and light time travel books.” After previous incarnations as a secondary social studies teacher (22 years) and a test developer (18 years), Karen Musser Nortman returned to her childhood dream of writing mysteries.

Her first series, The Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries follow a group of retirees who camp together and sometimes stumble over dead bodies. The series sprouted from numerous camping trips in Iowa and through at least 24 other states. Six of the books have been designated IndieBRAG medallion honorees and three have been finalists in Chanticleer CLUE and Mystery and Mayhem contests. Most of the books are based on actual campgrounds.

The Time Travel Trailer series follows the adventures of Lynne McBriar, who buys a vintage camper that turns out to be a time portal. The first in the series, by the same name, was the 2015 category winner in the Chanticleer Paranormal contest.  

And most recently, in the new Mystery Sisters series, Lil and Max are seventy-something sisters who tour the country in Max's red 1950 Studebaker, argue, annoy their relatives, and solve murder mysteries."

Visit her website at www.karenmussernortman.com 

Karen has three children and eight grandchildren. She also loves reading, gardening, and knitting, and can recite the 99 counties of Iowa in alphabetical order.