Karen Lee Street was born in Philadelphia, moved to London as a teenager, and currently resides in Newcastle, Australia. She is a writer with extensive experience in feature film script development; has taught screenwriting in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia; and has a PhD in Writing from the University of South Wales. Her publications include Writing and Selling Crime Film Screenplays, short story collection Tattoos and Motorcycles, and the Poe and Dupin mystery trilogy.