Karon Cook, a native of West Texas, has lived in Houston for the past seven years. She began attending writing workshops after turning 45 and asking herself, "If not now, when?" Her poetry workshops include Inprint with Dr. Michael Lieberman. Cook is a Ph. D. medical outcomes researcher who studies quality of life issues in Parkinson's Disease.

"Blendlijam is an excellent example of the beautiful word craft which may decorate so-called nonsense verse. Those familiar with Cook's best work know her poems artfully designed and carefully executed. Always quick to nuance a subject's varying depths, Cook possesses nimble enough poetic talent to clearly communicate her observations. A poem which is a delight to savour again and again…from a poet with a future." - Houston Poetry Review