Title:Writer
Location:Fort Wayne, Indiana
Education:B.A. in Literature, Journalism, Miami University; M.A. in Literature, Indiana University Bloomington
Experience
Karen Asp, M.A., is an award-winning journalist and author who covers health, nutrition, fitness, travel and animals (companion and farmed). She has more than two decades of experience writing for Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Gardens, O, Self, Real Simple, Forks Over Knives, Clean Eating, Oxygen, Shape, Reader’s Digest, EatingWell, Health, Sentient Media, Prevention, Good Housekeeping and other publications.
Karen is a former contributing editor for Woman’s Day and fitness columnist for Allure. She’s written two books: Anti-Aging Hacks and Food Allergies and Intolerances.
She holds certifications through the American Council on Exercise as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer and is certified as a vegan lifestyle coach and educator through Main Street Vegan.
She shares her home with a dog and cat, and since the pandemic, she has opened her home to several foster dogs, including a paralyzed pittie mix. She volunteers regularly at her local animal shelter and is a former board member for Indiana’s first farmed animal sanctuary.
EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.
