Karen Kalbacher graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 2000 with an Associates Degree in Specialized Technology(Art). She then went to work for a web design company called MediaCraft.com where she was the graphic designer/web designer/sketch artist/cartoonist. She has also done several freelance logo designs such as the Lower Bucks County Hockey League's 3D logo and A+ Computer's 2D logo.

Currently (desperately) seeking a new art job and persuing a career in writing, she is now freelancing as both a writer and an artist.She also runs a small company called: Pet Sketches. She has been published online in the Eternal Night Chronicles, FlashQuake, and Intrigue Magazineand been rejected by such nice places as Beginnings Magazine and The Pedestal .