Karen Macklin is a San Francisco-based writer, editor, and yogini who is originally from New York. She has written for more than a dozen publications nationally, including the New York Times, SF Weekly, FitYoga, and Tricycle magazine. Her creative works, which include plays and poetry, have been produced and published in the United States and Italy. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and spent 2006 teaching journalism at the university in Guatemala City on a State Department fellowship. She is currently the editorial director of Zest Books, and is co-author of Indie Girl, a book that advises teen girls about getting involved in the arts. Karen is also a registered yoga teacher.