Karson Brown grew up sailing and living aboard boats in the Pacific Northwest. She turned twenty-one on a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea and crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard a thirty-four-foot sailboat during hurricane season before turning thirty. Karson raised her two children along the shores of Vashon Island surrounded by a menagerie of critters. She is a writer, photographer, artist, and lifelong devotee of water. Karson is an alumna of Joyce Maynard’s “Write By The Lake Workshop,” in Guatemala. She currently resides on Alki Beach collecting shells and befriending seagulls. 48 Days to Barbados is her debut memoir and will be released by Red Fern Press October 20, 2026. Preorder your copy today wherever books are sold.