{"id":18,"date":"2020-05-27T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:52:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m a cubicle escapee who always yearned to write something creative. I wrote short stories, took classes, and earned an MFA in a low-residency program from Stonecoast, the University of Southern Maine.  I&#8217;m a member of Sisters in Crime, the Triangle Sister in Crime Chapter, and Mystery Writers of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My other passion is educating people about the benefits of the plant-based way of eating. There&#8217; s information on my other website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayplant-based.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">everyday-plant-based.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenpullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/author-photo-collage.png?resize=525%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenpullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/author-photo-collage.png?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenpullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/author-photo-collage.png?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenpullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/author-photo-collage.png?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenpullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/author-photo-collage.png?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenpullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/author-photo-collage.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bookstore readings with fellow authors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a cubicle escapee who always yearned to write something creative. I wrote short stories, took classes, and earned an MFA in a low-residency program from Stonecoast, the University of Southern Maine. I&#8217;m a member of Sisters in Crime, the Triangle Sister in Crime Chapter, and Mystery Writers of America. My other passion is educating &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/?page_id=18\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenpullen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}