Kara Zajac

Kara Zajac is a freelance writer, chiropractor, mother of a daughter, wife, entrepreneur, musician, and diehard romantic. Kara is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who plays drums and tours the Southeast with The Jessie Albright Band. Kara’s debut book, The Significance of Curly Hair: A Loving Memoir of Life and Loss (Atmosphere Press 2024) was awarded the Literary Titan Gold Book Award for Nonfiction, The Bookfest First Place Award for Transformational Nonfiction, and was chosen for the Independent Book Review’s “Best Books We Read in 2024!” An excerpt from her forthcoming book, The Special Recipe for Making Babies, was a finalist in 2022’s Charlotte Lit/Lit South Award for Nonfiction. Kara’s work has been published in Scarlet Leaf Review, Imperfect Life Magazine, Ripped Jeans and Bifocals, and Just BE Parenting. Kara resides in the North Georgia Mountains with her wife, Kim, and daughter, Senia Mae. She just completed her first fiction work, The Waiting is the Hardest Part.