Karen Heuler

Karen Heuler is an American writer of literary, dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories, and novels.

Early life and education Karen Heuler was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Long Island University, where she received her master's degree in English in 1976.

Career Heuler has worked in various jobs including publishing, crosswords, art books, Wall Street, and retail.

She teaches occasionally for New York University School of Professional Studies, and other academic institutions.

She has had over 100 stories published in literary and speculative journals and anthologies, as well as four novels, three collections, and one novella. Her work focuses on the perception of reality and often features doubles and doppelgangers from both a literary and speculative point of view. She frequently uses literary works as a reference point for speculative stories, as an indicator of the continuity of topics across genres.

Awards and honorable mentions Winner, 2010 Literary Prize in Fiction, American Literary Review 1998 O. Henry Award Finalist, The Shirley Jackson Award, 2009 & 2017 Finalist, Bellwether Prize for Fiction, 2004 Second place, Night Train Magazine's 50/50 awards, 2003 Finalist, 1993 Iowa Short Fiction Awards Semifinalist, 1992 Nelson Algren Award

Work Books In Search of Lost Time, Aqueduct Press, 2017 Other Places, Aqueduct Press, Oct. 2016 Glorious Plague, Permuted Press, April 2014 The Inner City, ChiZine Publications, Canada, 2013 The Made-up Man, Livingston Press, Livingston, Alabama, May 2011 Journey to Bom Goody, Livingston Press, Livingston, Alabama, May 2005 The Soft Room, Livingston Press, Livingston, Alabama, May 2004 The Other Door, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri, October 1995

Anthologies Tiny Crimes, Black Balloon Publishing, 2019 Killing It Softly 2, Digital Fiction Publishing, Fall 2017 Invaders, Tachyon Publications, 2016 Dreams from the Witch House, Dark Regions Press, 2016 The Bestiary, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2016 Mosaics, DayDreams Dandelions Press, 2016 Black Apples, Belladonna Publishing, 2014 Not Just Rockets and Robots: Daily Science Fiction Year One, 2012 Year’s Best SF 17, Harper Voyager, 2012 Realms 2: the Second Year of Clarkesworld, Prime Books, 2010 Best of the Web, Dzanc Books, 2009 The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, Prime Books, 2009 Phantom, Prime Books, 2009 Bandersnatch, Prime Books, 2007 ParaSpheres, Omnidawn Publishing, 2006 Snakes: An Anthology, M. Evans and Co, 2003 Prize Stories The Best of 1998: The O. Henry Awards, Anchor Books, 1998