Karen Lee Field (born 1961) is an author of fantasy novels for younger readers, 9- to 12-year-olds, as well as adults.
Born in the UK, Field moved to Australia with her parents in 1969 and settled in Sydney.
In 2009 she moved to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
She works part-time for the Australian Government, which pays the bills and allows her more time to pursue her writing career.
[1] However, the business was shut down in 2016 due to a death in the family and having to care for her mother, who had Alzheimer's disease.