Karen Cotton
| Cheyenne, Wyoming/United States |
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Karen Cotton
I am the author of a new children's fiction book, "Carol and Santa," and two children’s non-fiction picture books; “Vedauwoo: Hidden Faces in Mysterious Places,” and published May 9, 2017, “K-9 & Deputy Heroes of the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department,” which was fun.... more
Karen Cotton
I am the author of a new children's fiction book, "Carol and Santa," and two children’s non-fiction picture books; “Vedauwoo: Hidden Faces in Mysterious Places,” and published May 9, 2017, “K-9 & Deputy Heroes of the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department,” which was funded from a Wyoming Arts Council grant. My Vedauwoo book can be purchased at Barnes and Noble, the Depot Museum and the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the University of Wyoming Bookstore in Laramie, Wyoming, at Wind City Books in Casper, Wyoming and online at http://www.Barnesandnoble.com and http://www.Amazon.com.
I am a former entertainment and features reporter. I worked at the Wyoming Tribune Eagle for almost 12 years. I interviewed thousands of celebrities, some of those are; B.B. King, Naomi Judd, Clint Black, members of KORN, Michael Connelly, David Copperfield, Rodney Carrington, Larry the Cable Guy, John Oates of Hall and Oates, Josh Groban, Kevin Bacon and Taylor Swift. I parted ways with them in March of 2011 to pursue my music and to found Sweet as Cotton Candy, an online entertainment magazine.
I also am an award winning musician, songwriter, dancer, artist and photographer. I play the piano, guitar, violin, clarinet and percussion. I dance at Act Two Dance Studios in Cheyenne Wyoming. I’m a member of the Gospel Music Association. I’ve been a member of the Wyoming Writer’s Inc. and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in the Past.