M Kari BarrM. Kari Barr's favorite genre is fantasy. As a youth she loved reading Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. Other favorite authors are Michael Moorcock, Tad Williams and Orson Scott Card. Kari is the mother of eight children and as many granchildren. She lives in Washington State surrounded by trees and wheat fields. Reading and writing are her passion but she dabbles in painting as well. Read More Read Less