Karen Lee Street moved to England at age 19 and went on to gain extensive experience in feature film script development and screenwriting. During the source of her writing career she has published poetry, articles on screenwriting and cross-Arts collboration, a collection of short stories, a screenplay, a 'how to' book on screenwritin.
Street 'began working in the film industry as a trainee on local documentary productions in Anchorage, Alaska, then music videos and short films in London, before becoming Head of Development at the European Script Fund (Media Programme), the largest script development fund in Europe. In this role, she set up the first trans-European script analysis service and worked with novice and experienced film-makers throughout Europe. She continues to consult for the MEDIA Programme (EU) and is on the board of the Tipping Point Film Fund, a London-based co-operative business to fund the development and production of documentary films about social justice issues' ('Karen Lee Street').
After moving to Australia, Street completed a PhD in Writing by portfolio from the University of South Wales. Her dissertation 'From Nascent-Narrative to Multiverse: An Alternative Perspective on Adaptation' [examines] authorial strategies for adapting historical crime works into multiple forms, with a focus on transmedia. Her academic career has also seen her teach MA-level screenwriting at universities in the UK, Estonia, Latvia, and run training workshops for professional screenwriters in Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, Canada and the UK.
Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster, the first of a forthcoming trilogy of crime novels, was published in early 2016.
Sources: 'Karen Lee Street.' Australian Society of Authors and author's website]