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Whispering
Pine Press, Inc., is an
international publishing house dedicated
to providing children, parents, and families
with fiction, non-fiction, inspirational, and
poetic reading materials that are wholesome,
informative, educational, and available in a variety
of languages. It is our desire to provide quality
fiction, non-fiction, inspirational, and poetic
materials that will entertain, inform, and delight
our readers young and old. To this end, Whispering
Pine Press believes that reader feedback is vital to
the publisher’s continued success and welcomes your
comments.
Our fiction
and non-fiction literature seeks to reinforce strong
family values and build self-esteem. In children’s
books, we seek to encourage learning and exploration
through reading, self-discovery, problem solving,
and other activities. We also seek to honor the
strength, courage, and challenges of today’s modern
women in a way that continues to also value more
traditional roles. Our poetry and inspirational
work seeks to reflect self-discovery, nature, and a
higher power.
The
international publishing company also seeks to
encourage new authors and expand the Whispering Pine
Press publication list to meet the growing needs of
readers. In meeting the diverse needs of our
readers, Whispering Pine Press materials are
provided in a variety of mediums, including hard and
soft bound books, audiocassettes, and on-demand
electronic versions.
Located in
the beautiful Spokane Valley of Washington state,
Whispering Pine Press seeks to promote regional
materials that emphasis the area’s interdependent
relationship with the environment – economically and
socially.
Karen
Jean Matsko Hood began writing as a shy author, but has
now developed a voice all her own. Her writing always
exhibits a unique story as well as a voice of empathy
and purpose. Hood’s writing is strong-minded. She is a
meticulous wordsmith and combines information with
compassion. Hood has always loved children and is
devoted to their needs. It is only natural that she
would channel her efforts to include children’s books
and poetry.
Hood
writes about personal and spiritual themes. She also
reminds us of the importance of our links with nature
and the environment in our daily lives. Hood is
passionate both as a feminist and as an active
children’s rights advocate. She also works to encourage
literacy for all ages. Her writing carries the urgency
and outrage of current social injustice and inequality.
The recurring theme in Hood’s work is to provide a voice
for those whose struggles cannot be heard. Hood’s
writing brings poignancy to the most hopeless of
situations, yet she remains optimistic in her quest for
dignity and social justice.
Hood’s blend of traditionalism and modernism brings a
current freshness and poignancy to her own poetic voice.
She is versatile in her writing style and is able to
incorporate a wide range of themes and topics. Her poems
have been published in a myriad of magazines and
publications on an international level.
Hood
was born and raised in Great Falls, Montana. As an
undergraduate she attended the College of St. Benedict
in St. Joseph, Minnesota and St. John’s University in
Collegeville, Minnesota. She also attended the
University of Great Falls in Montana for an interim
class. Hood received a B.S. Degree in Natural Science
and minored in both Psychology and Secondary Education
from the College of St. Benedict. After graduating,
Karen and her husband taught science and math on the
island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Hood also
completed postgraduate classes at the University of
Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. In May 2001, she completed her
Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry at Gonzaga
University in Spokane, Washington. She has also taken
post-graduate classes at Lewis and Clark College on the
North Idaho College campus in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Hood
is currently working on research projects to complete
her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University in
Spokane, Washington.
Along
with her husband and thirteen children, Hood currently
resides in Greenacres, Washington. Her interests include
writing, teaching, and volunteering as a court advocate
in the juvenile court system for abused and neglected
children. Hood also is a literacy advocate for youth and
adults. Her hobbies include cooking, baking,
photography, raising Icelandic Horses, Icelandic
Sheepdogs, bishon frise, cockapoos, and rescue cats.
Hood also enjoys indoor and greenhouse gardening, and
cultivating unusual flowering plants and orchids. Hood
also spends time observing hummingbirds and other
bird-watching activities. Hood finds all aspects of
nature precious and demonstrates a passionate
appreciation of the environment and a respect for all
life.
