[3] Walker has been featured in Jezebel,[3] Electric Literature,[4] Publishers Weekly,[5] National Public Radio,[6] The Washington Post,[7] The Guardian,[8] and more.
Karen Thompson Walker was born in San Diego, California.
She earned her degrees in English language and creative writing from the University of California, Los Angeles.
After completing her undergraduate degree, Walker worked as a journalist for a newspaper in San Diego.
[1] After graduating from Columbia, Walker lived with her husband in Brooklyn, New York.