social responsibility, volunteerism, mental illness, homelessness, multiculturalism

Karen Spafford-Fitz worked as a swimming instructor and lifeguard, an aquatics director and a junior-high teacher before discovering her passion for writing. She is now the author of several novels for young people, including Vanish and Dog Walker in the Orca Currents series. When she is not writing in her studio in Edmonton, Alberta, Karen is often training for her next half marathon with her beloved German shepherd.