Gaddelpo the Christmas Elf

Karen Jones grew up in rural Indiana on a small family farm Her father worked construction all his life and her mother was a writer The last born in a family of seven, Karen wore too many hand me downs and heard grown up conversations long before she should have But that large, semi dysfunctional family taught her a lot about life, love, and sticking together Each special moment, each family crisis, and each unique family personality from her childhood molded her into the crazy, quirky, and creative person she is And she wouldn t trade a single triumph or trauma.She married her complete opposite Her husband, Rob, is rational, logical and analytical They make a great pair She shows him the creative side of life and he keeps her from floating away into oblivion on the winds of inspiration They live in Indiana but long to move to the beach They re daughter, Allyson, is a complex mixture of them both Using both sides of her brain equally, she is both surprising and sensible.Following her mother s passion for books, Karen is an avid reader and has written poems and shorts stories her entire life Karen spent bedtimes while Allyson was young inventing characters and spinning tales With her family s encouragement, she is now turning those stories into books to share with the world.