About Karen

Karen is the bestselling author of Seven Secrets of Successful Parenting and Sibling Rivalry: Seven Simple Solutions (Bantam Press, London). Following publication, she lectured widely and appeared on radio, television and in the press throughout the UK, inspiring thousands of parents internationally to recognise their strengths and raise confident, cooperative and happier children.

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Alongside her writing and public work, Karen is currently leading research focused on improving young people’s wellbeing and mental health. Since writing her books, Karen has been awarded a PhD in Psychoanalytic Studies from University College, London (UCL).
She also has an MSc in Developmental Psychology from Birkbeck, University of London (Distinction), an MPhil in Management from Magdalen College, Oxford, and a BS in Entrepreneurial Business from the University of Southern California (USC) (cum laude, Beta Gamma Sigma).
 

Born and raised in Pacific Palisades, California, Karen began her career as a news journalist and producer at CNBC and NBC before turning her focus to parenting, research and public engagement. Her books were a collaborative effort with Georgia Coleridge, with whom she spent many years writing and travelling the country giving talks — a partnership for which she remains deeply grateful.
 

Karen is the mother of four and together with her husband Pete, has raised three daughters and one son and consider Mariia their Ukrainian ‘fifth child’.