Karen Christensen

Karen Christensen is a U.S. academic publisher, journalist, and author who cofounded Berkshire Publishing Group in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in 1998, after working in London at Blackwell Scientific Publications and Faber & Faber. She is the owner and CEO of Berkshire Publishing.

Biography

Christensen was the senior editor of the International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports (Macmillan) and Encyclopedia of Community (Sage), and is the author of several of popular environmental handbooks and a children's picture book. Her books have been translated into French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai.

In 1990-1, Christensen was a speaker on women's issues for the UK Green Party and a trustee of the Environmental Design Association as well as a founding member of the Women's Environmental Network. She has served on the board of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) Content Division, as a research associate at the Society for New Communications Research, and was a member of the Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee. She is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.

Bibliography

• 2009 - Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
• 2007 - Global Perspectives on the United States
• 2006 - Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love
• 2005 - Encyclopedia of World Sport
• 2004 - Encyclopedia of Community: shared places, shared meanings, from the village to the virtual world
• 2004 - The Armchair Environmentalist
• 2002 - Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
• 2000 - Eco Living
• 1995 - The Green Home
• 1995 - Rachel’s Roses
• 1989 - Home Ecology

See also

• Berkshire Publishing Group

External links

• Libraryjournal.com, Interview in Library Journal, "It’s The Content, Stupid!," October 2008.
• Publishersweekly.com, Interview in Publishers Weekly, "Berkshire Publishing Goes to China," July 2008.
• Books.guardian.co.uk, Literary memoir in The Guardian Review, "Dear Mrs. Eliot,” January 2005.
• Google.com Essay in Upgrade magazine, "True Believers and Naysayers: Exploring the World of Social Media," January 2007.
• Washingtonpost.com, Interview in Washington Post, "Among the Few Chiefs Who Blog,” September 2006.

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