Dr. Karen Moriarty has worked as an English teacher, counselor, administrator, and consultant in public schools and as a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice. She earned advanced degrees, including her Doctorate, from Northern Illinois University.

Baby Richard: A Four-Year-Old Comes Home (2003) was her first book, written “because it's a story that had to be told.”

Karen is married to Dr. Robert V. Moriarty, licensed clinical psychologist and former president of a community college and of a private graduate school.

They reside with their feline companions, Stephanie Ann and Tom Riley, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.