Karen Hunt is the author of Key of Mystery, book I in the YA Urban Fantasy series NIGHT ANGELS CHRONICLES, with Evernight Teen, released in February 2016. 'Reflections from Istanbul,' an excerpt from her childhood memoir, INTO THE WORLD, won the 2015 New Millennium Writings Nonfiction Award. Her essay 'Why I Choose to Remember My 50th Blood-Bath of a Birthday' was an editor's pick in Pooled Ink, 2015. She is the founder of MY WOLD PROJECT, connecting children in remote, war-torn areas around the world with children in the United States. From Amazonian Ecuador, the Sahara Desert of Morocco, the Himalayas, the Syrian refugees of Slovenia, the Hoopa of Northern California, Karen is giving voice to children around the world to share what matters most--peace and understanding. Karen is the author and/or illustrator of nineteen children’s books (many under the name Mezek Leimert) and the co-founder of InsideOUT Writers, a creative writing program for incarcerated youth in Los Angeles. She is the recipient of awards for her work with youth including the Child Welfare league of America's Award for Community Service for Children, Youth and Families. She is a 2nd degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, a first degree brown belt in Eskrima, and a boxing and kick-boxing trainer. As a child, she and her family escaped out of Egypt right before the 6 Day War, lived in a 17th century castle in Switzerland and smuggled Bibles into communist countries, to name a few of her adventures. As an adult, she lived between London and a village in Yugoslavia. She is an advocate of incarcerated and underprivileged youth and fights for their voices to be heard. Karen is a Fellow at Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Hambidge Center and Noepe Center.