Karen Kidd

Though “Haunted Chambers” is her first book, Kidd is not a new writer. She started writing when she was a young girl and sold early works of short fiction while still in college. She earned a degree in Journalism from Marshall University in Huntington, WV, and I was a reporter for about eight years at several small southern newspapers. She then changed careers and entered the information technology field, writing occasional articles for technical journals.

She was initiated into Freemasonry in August 2006, into a Seattle, WA-based Lodge that works under the Honorable Order of American Co-Masonry, American Federation of Human Rights. The Honorable Order is based in Larkspur, CO, and was founded in the US in the early 20th Century. Kidd is a member of the Honorable Order’s Lodge of Research, for which she has written several architectures/research papers and more are in the works.

In March 2008, she was honored by many of her Malecraft Brethren during a ceremony in Machester, England. Her essay, "I am Regular", won the World Award in Internet Lodge No 9659's Short Paper's competition. Internet Lodge is a Lodge in Manchester England that works under the United Grand Lodge of England. It's biannual short papers competition attracts entrants the world over. She was the first Co-Mason and the first woman Freemason to win such an award in a contest sponsored by a Lodge under the UGLE. During the ceremony, she was addressed as "Brother" and she received the award from the then Pro Grand Master of the UGLE, the Most Hon the Marquess of Northampton.