Karen Gowen, Managing Editor
“I love to read and I believe in the power of books to change lives; for they have changed mine.”
Born and raised in central Illinois, Karen attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.
She transferred to Brigham Young University, where she met her husband Bruce, and there graduated with a degree in English and American Literature.
Karen became Managing Editor for WiDo Publishing in 2010. She has been involved in the submissions, content and copy editing, along with marketing of WiDo books. Her special interests are women’s fiction, memoirs, thrillers and quirky literary fiction.
Stephanie Procopio, Content Editor
Born and raised in sunny San Diego, California, Stephanie attended Humboldt State University where she studied Zoology for three years. Her love of reading and writing prompted her to switch majors, schools, and biomes to Brigham Young University-Idaho, where she graduated in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing.
During her time in school, Stephanie was content and copy editor for manuscripts from both students and professors. She started working for WiDo Publishing after graduating and has excitedly moved up in the ranks from intern to content editor. Her favorite part about editing is being able to help bring out the best in stories. Her main passion is working with fantasy and science-fiction manuscripts, but any fiction with a good plot and compelling characters will interest her.
Dave Hardin, Content Editor
Dave Hardin is the author of the poetry collection, Dreaming Bob Wills (Silverbow Press) and a self-published book of poetry A Ruinous Thirst. He is the author of the forthcoming book Standpipe––Delivering Water In Flint (Belt Publishing). His work has been published in print and online literary journals including The Dunes Review, Michigan Quarterly Review online, The Madison Review, Carolina Quarterly, and others. A retired educator, Dave works as a freelance editor and copyeditor and maintains a studio art practice.
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Clarissa Voracek, Content Editor
Clarissa grew up in Arizona and graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in English with an emphasis in professional writing. She has always loved writing and reading and decided she might as well make a career out of it. Clarissa enjoys reading books of all genres and has a particular passion for classic novels.
When not reading, writing, or editing, Clarissa loves to watch movies, do puzzles, and travel. She currently owns more than fifty puzzles (most of which are Disney) and likes to do them while watching, you guessed it, Disney movies. She has been out of country five times, has lived in seven different states, and has traveled cross country more times than she can count. Clarissa currently lives in Utah with her husband, Colton, and their adorable cat, Sumo.
Tamara Heiner, Content Editor
Tamara Heiner graduated from Brigham Young University with an English degree and an editing emphasis. She started her editing career at BYU-Broadcasting and transitioned into freelancing in 2012. She has worked for WiDo as both a copy editor and content editor.
A writer herself, Heiner has edited over 30 books in all genres and enjoys the opportunity to help authors refine their creative masterpieces.
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William Harris, Copy Editor
Chris Humpherys, Copy Editor
Chris grew up in Utah. Fascinated by human behavior, he studied psychology at the University of Utah. During his second year, he paused his academic ambitions for personal reasons and the pause became a change of direction and he studied to become a professionally trained massage therapist through the Utah College of Massage Therapy. Soon after, he moved to England where he currently lives and there, he achieved his BA in English Literature and Creative Writing through the Open University. He is married, has a beautiful son, two weird cats and a nutty dog.
Chris loves Mexican food, hot sunny weather and is a coffee addict. But he also loves the craft of writing and editing and his enthusiasm for writing is evident when you speak with him. “Stories are true magic and time and time again, they have kept my sanity intact … more or less.”