About the author

Karina Giörtz

<p>The stereotypical writer through and through,&nbsp;I find hiding out alone in my office, cut off from society&nbsp;where I can pursue my obsessive compulsions in peace&nbsp;&amp; carry on uninterrupted conversations with my imaginary friends&nbsp;while I sip coffee, to be all the rage.</p><p>I like people too.</p><p>The real ones.</p><p>But I&#39;m shy and often awkward, so I don&#39;t show it well (unless you&#39;re my kid, then I&#39;m like, hug central - but you&#39;re probably not so...).</p><p>If we meet - please don&#39;t hold this against me.</p><p>I should tell you, while my one, single, solitary novel may not show it, it&#39;s actually year seven in my publishing career, and I&#39;ve just entered my third author life.&nbsp;</p><p>Previously, I&#39;ve been a genre jumping story chaser, as well as a committed contemporary romance junky (our addictions may have crossed - I&#39;m known as K.S. Thomas in those circles and you may find my long list of romantic fixes at&nbsp;www.authorksthomas.com).&nbsp;</p><p>This next life, I&#39;m tackling as myself - Karina Gi&ouml;rtz. No pen name. No set genre. No game plan.&nbsp;</p><p>It&#39;s exciting.&nbsp;</p><p>And scary.&nbsp;</p><p>And I&#39;m nervous.&nbsp;</p><p>But I&#39;m told you need those...nerves. They let you know when you&rsquo;re growing, taking chances, becoming more. If you don&rsquo;t feel the rattle of your teeth between your jaws every now and again, you&rsquo;re not living right. Hell, you&rsquo;re probably not living at all.</p>