True Confessions about Made-Up Things
Karin’s iconic Oakland-San Francisco urban location book Touchwood, was originally set in a small, fictional California coastal town.
Fondant is hard to make and even if Karin wanted to make it, she lacks the patience and artistry to pull it off. Words are less dangerous for everyone involved. Hence Sugar and its vicarious cake making.
Barbara Grier wasn’t sure she liked the title of Karin’s first novel. But Katherine Forrest did, and In Every Port it remained.