Karen Sosnoski

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Karen Sosnoski (born November 30, 1964) is an American author, radio contributor and documentary filmmaker.

Sosnoski was featured on This American Life on Public Radio International, Episode 311 – A Better Mousetrap

Her articles, fiction, and poetry have appeared in Poets & Writers, Personal Journaling, The Haight Ashbury Literary Review,New Voices in Poetry and Prose, Pembroke Review (cited in The Carson McCullers Project and PAL), WordsWright, Bitch magazine, Grappling magazine, Washington City Paper and other journals. Her article, "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Filming of Wedding Advice," is published in an anthology, Straight Talk, edited by Chrys Ingraham for Routledge Press.

Sosnoski holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College, an M.A. in English from Boston College, a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University and a certificate in Non-Fiction Writing from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

She has taught English and Writing at Brandeis University, Georgetown University, The George Washington University, The Graduate School, USDA and Montgomery College.

Karen was awarded an Avid Film Camp editing grant to direct the editing of her the documentary film Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (2002) from June through September, 2001. The film was screened at 18 film festivals and is being distributed by Berkeley Media, LLC.