Olsen, Karen Yelena

Karen Olsen is a writer and teacher of literature and mythology. An instrument-rated pilot, she has also logged many hours as a passenger, with her airline-pilot husband flying a 747. She lives in a Greek village where she tends olives and vines, writes poetry, and teaches online classes for the University of Maryland European Division. At present she is at work on a book of essays and poems titled An Island Almanac: Seasons of a Life on Crete.