Koren Freel is an author from Camas, Washington. Her debut novel, The Ginhouse Hollow, is inspired by real events tangled within her family’s roots and weaves together an imaginative tale of humor and heartbreak that shows how the secrets we keep shape who we become.

Koren enjoys traveling with her family of six to sunny destinations and hiking the waterfall trails of the Columbia River Gorge. Her regular haunts include a Jazzercise studio, brew pub, thrift stores, and wherever her dogs Roxy and Molly roam. And when her life turns sideways, Koren’s Keep it Golden Girl blog captures every humorous detail with a nod to the cheesecake-loving fab four of Miami.