Karen Black is an estate planning, trust, probate and elder
law attorney, practicing in California. Her diverse background (life
before law) includes: legal secretary, construction estimator and
office manager; Suzuki motorcycle dealer and truck bumper salesperson.
Karen's husband, Cole Black, spent almost seven years as a Prisoner
of War in Vietnam.
Karen has four children and Cole has one son from previous marriages.
Code of Conduct is her first published novel.
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To
my husband, Cole Black, and his Vietnam ex-POW buddies, whose
combined experiences provided the inspiration for the prison episodes.
I also want to thank several
friends whose support and prodding kept me going forward: Terry
Badger, a retired Navy pilot and friend; all the members of the
Scribblers writing group, who critiqued and encouraged; Sofia
Shafquat, who edited and challenged me to do better; and to all
those literary agents and publishers who turned down the earlier
versions, forcing me to rewrite and rewrite - and then rewrite...
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