Karen Abbott

Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of SIN IN THE SECOND CITY, AMERICAN ROSE, LIAR TEMPTRESS SOLDIER SPY, and, most recently, THE GHOSTS OF EDEN PARK, named one of the best books of August 2019 by Amazon. She has written for NewYorker.com, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Salon and other publications. , on August 6, 2019.\n\nAbbott was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She worked as a journalist for several years at Philadelphia magazine and Philadelphia Weekly. She currently lives in NYC with her husband and parrot.