Karen Joy Fowler

Karen Joy Fowler is an American author whose work spans literary fiction and speculative fiction. She is best known for The Jane Austen Book Club, which became a bestseller and was adapted into a film. Booth is her acclaimed novel about the Booth family — the famous acting dynasty whose most infamous member, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Her audiobooks and books are masterful listening and reading for fans of historical fiction and anyone captivated by the interplay of fame, family, and fate.