About Karen

Karen Cino is a multi-published author who has been writing since she was fourteen years old. She started her career by writing poetry, short stories, and articles for her high school newspaper. While in college, she was one of the founding members of WSIA radio station. Many years later, she worked as an investigative reporter at a local newspaper. Her daily walks down at the boardwalk are what gets her muse going. It clears her mind and helps her find realistic plot ideas and characters, boosting up her muse. Karen loves the summer and writing about local places that people can relate to.

Karen loves the summer and loves the beach. Her previous books were set in various places across Staten Island. When Karen relocated to the Jersey Shore in 2015, she traded in the Staten Island Boardwalk for the New Jersey Shoreline.

Her cozy mystery series takes place on the Jersey Shore as are her women fiction novels.

Karen previously served as President of the New Jersey Romance Writers and Vice President and President of the New York City Romance Writers Chapter. In addition to NJRW, she’s also a member of the Women’s Fiction Writing Association. Currently, Karen is working on a Women’s Fiction novel and a Cozy Mystery series. She is also an avid New York Mets fan!