Karen F. Uhlmann

Karen F Uhlmann observed a police officer, who had been on the scene of a hit-and-run death of a child, return to the intersection four or five afternoons a week to videotape and ticket cars. His grief and dedication were heartbreaking—and became the seed for Intersections. Karen received her MFA in fiction from Bennington in 2010 and has published short stories and book reviews in Southern Indiana Review, Story, Whitefish Review, and The Common among others. She won the 2016 Rick Bass/Montana Fiction Award, and the 2012 Northern Colorado Writers Award judged by Antonya Nelson. She was recently shortlisted for the Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction and longlisted for a collection of short stories by The Santa Fe Writers Project. A long-time Chicago resident, she now lives in Los Angeles.