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Keren Taylor is an artist, songwriter and the founder/director of WriteGirl, (www.writegirl.org), an international creative writing and mentoring organization for teen girls and gender-expansive youth. In 2013, WriteGirl received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest national honor awarded to exemplary after-school programs. Keren is the editor of 38 award-winning anthologies of youth writing, and in 2020, she received the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award, “spotlighting efforts to bring books, publishing and storytelling into the future.” Working primarily in collage and assemblage, Keren has studied mixed media composition for over two decades with private teachers, and also at The Arts Students League in NYC and The Art Center in Pasadena. Keren’s artwork has been exhibited in several galleries in Los Angeles and is the featured cover art for several books. She lives in Blaine, Washington, where she makes art and jewelry, writes poetry, oversees WriteGirl programs, and bakes exotic desserts. Keren holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the University of British Columbia, a Piano Performance Degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and a Diploma from the American Music and Dramatic Academy, NYC.