Karen van Kampen

Karen van Kampen is an author and award-winning journalist who specializes in health and science. Her fascination with dreams began at the age of nine when she became her father’s first sleep lab “assistant,” helping him practice electrode hook-up and testing. She is the author of The Golden Cell: The Quest for the Next Great Medical Breakthrough, and her writing has appeared in many publications including The Globe and Mail, National Post, Calgary Herald, and Reader’s Digest. She enjoys teaching creative nonfiction writing at the University of Toronto.