About

Karen A. Romanko writes books about women and television. Her latest is Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television (McFarland, November 2019), a follow-up to Television's Female Spies and Crimefighters (McFarland, 2016). She loves retro TV and discusses it on her blog Small Screen Pop. Karen lives in Los Angeles, where she enjoys walks on the beach and amateur photography.

Featured Work

Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television

2019
Cover Photo of Women of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television

Samantha Stephens in Bewitched. Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek. Wonder Woman, Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and many more. Television's women of science fiction and fantasy are iconic and unforgettable yet there hasn't been a reference book devoted to them until now.

Covering 400 female characters from 200 series since the 1950s, this encyclopedic work celebrates the essential contributions of women to science fiction and fantasy TV, with characters who run the gamut from superheroes, extraterrestrials and time travelers to witches, vampires and mere mortals who deal with the fantastic in their daily lives.

Other Works

  • Television’s Female Spies and Crimefighters

    2016