Karen Drogin (born July 7, 1965), known professionally by the pen name Carly Phillips, is an American author and former attorney.
[1] Phillips has written seventy-five romance novels.
Starting in 2011 an internet meme featuring a picture of Phillips spread online called the Sheltering Suburban Mom;[3] the captions on the image typically illustrated the perceived out-of-touch double standards suburban mothers hold against their children or their peers.
Phillips herself was initially unaware of the meme itself; when it was first brought to her attention she claims to have been distressed, thinking it was about herself, not the archetype; she came to understand the joke now and claims she is nothing like the supposed suburban mothers.
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