If I were Karen Quinn I would probably still be squealing with excitement. Not just because she has had three books published, but also because her debut, The Ivy Chronicles, has been picked up be the movie people with the starring role rumoured to be Sarah Jessica Parker. This is the stuff of dreams, right? And it was all predicted by a psychic.
Growing up in Denver, Karen went on to become a lawyer, but realised it wasn't for her after she fell asleep during a trial. She then went on to work for a credit card company in advertising, working her way up to Vice President. Until she was downsized.
Not knowing what to do next a psychic told her to relax as something big would happen for her soon. So she partnered a friend, setting up a business which helped families in Manhattan get their children into the right schools. (This went on to provide material for her first novel). When she left this business she visited another psychic, who also told her a big change was coming up. But what could she do in the meantime whilst waiting for this "big thing?" Well, she sat down and wrote a novel. In three months.
She showed it to an editor, who liked it, but then lost interest after page 100. So she spent another two months working long days editing it. She showed it an agent, primarily for advice, but the agent liked it so much she offered to represent her. There was a bidding auction, until finally it was sold to Viking. Ah ha. So this was the big thing the psychics were talking about.
Since then she has written two more novels, Wife in the Fast Lane and Holly Would Dream and has helped out unofficially with the script for The Ivy Chronicles.
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