Author and artist Karson Brown grew up sailing and living aboard boats in the Pacific Northwest. She turned twenty-one on a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea, and crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard a thirty-four-foot sailboat during hurricane season before turning thirty. Karson raised her two children along the shores of Vashon Island surrounded by a menagerie of critters. She is a writer, photographer, artist, and lifelong devotee of water. Karson is an alumna of Joyce Maynard's "Write By The Lake Workshop", in Guatemala. She currently resides on Alki Beach collecting shells and befriending seagulls. Karson has two short stories in the upcoming Vine Leaves Press 50 Give or Take Anthology, coming out November 2025. Red Fern Press will publish Karson's debut memoir 48 Days to Barbados May 12, 2026.