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Signing and Speaking in Seattle!

Karen at Shine book signing
I love my life. I get to travel, ride motorcycles and meet great people for a living! If you're in the Seattle area the first week of April, please get in touch. I'd love to grab a cuppa and hear YOUR story.

Book Tour with the International Motorcycle Show

I'll be following Progressive's International Motorcycle Show this season as I introduce audiences in twelve major markets to my book, Live Full Throttle: Life Lessons from Friends Who Faced Cancer. Here's the show schedule:

San Francisco Meetup!

According to Christina Shook, "San Francisco is the American epicenter of female motorcyclists."  She should know -- she lives there and based her book, Chicks on Bikes, on women cyclists in the area.

International Motorcycle Show Newbie Recap

I met some wonderful women motorcyclists from the region's motorcycling clubs.Then there were my fellow speakers, Alisa Clickenger, who solo-traveled from RI to Argentina, and Sharon Cancel aka"Lady Ninja," who owns Full Tilt Motorsports.

Name That Book! (please)

I'm writing a book profiling women motorcyclists who have either survived cancer or are living with it. It will be a coffee table book in full color with pictures of the women with their bikes. The book's message: a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. These women will give you hope.