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Karen Anderson

Karen Anderson is a Seattle-based freelance writer specializing in technology and lifestyle topics. Her hobbies include dancing, gardening, science fiction, and pet-sitting for friends and neighbors. She's a member of the Cat Writers' Association and shares her house with a delightful clowder of quirky rescue cats.

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