Karen Kasaba'sstories, essays and poetry have appeared in anthologies,
magazines and newspapers including Hawaii Review, Westways, Byline, Los
Angeles Times, The Santa Barbara Independent and Community of Voices. She is
the recipient of a Sherwill C. Corwin Award for playwriting. Her work as a screenwriter has earned multiple awards including an Emmy nomination.
Currently at work on a collection of short stories and a novel, she recently completed a screenplay (co-written by Marilyn Reynolds) entitled, "The Victory Garden."
"Sparks" was first published in the Winter 2000 issue of Chariton Review.