Karson BrownAuthor and artist Karson Brown grew up sailing and living aboard boats in the Pacific Northwest. She turned twenty-one on a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea, and crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard a thirty-four-foot sailboat during hurricane season beore turning thirty. Karson raised her two children along the shores of Vashon Island surrounded by a menagerie of critters. She is a writer, photographer, artist, and lifelong devotee of water. Karson is an alumna of Joyce Maynard's "Write By The Lake Workshop", in Guatemala. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest collecting shells and befriending seagulls. Karson has four short stories in the Vine Leaves Press 50 Give or Take Anthology; two in the November 2025 edition and two in the November 2026 edition. 48 Days to Barbados is Karson's debut memoir published by Red Fern Press. Read More Read Less