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ⓘ About Karelia Stetz-Waters
When she is not busy writing, she is teaching college writing to students that inspire her each day, drawing, gardening, or attempting to figure out how to make a clitoris model out of paper mache. Karelia also teaches for the Golden Crown Literary Society Writing Academy, which is a creative writing program for queer women. It has been her honor to mentor that are her colleagues and peers now. She also loves playing with Willa Cather (her pug mix). She has an MA in English from the University of Oregon and a BA in Comparative Literature from Smith College. She was fifteen, she can remember sitting in her parents’ basement, writing or reading, and suddenly had this very clear sensation that her older self was looking in on her somehow, thinking about her. Visiting her somehow.
All Book Series by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2014
Taste the Love
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2025 Co-authored · Fay Stetz-Waters
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Karelia Stetz-Waters?
When she is not busy writing, she is teaching college writing to students that inspire her each day, drawing, gardening, or attempting to figure out how to make a clitoris model out of paper mache. Karelia also teaches for the Golden Crown Literary Society Writing Academy, which is a creative writing program for queer women. It has been her honor to mentor that are her colleagues and peers now.
Which Karelia Stetz-Waters series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Ivers & Wilson series, the earliest of Karelia Stetz-Waters's multi-book series: it opens with Dysphoria (2013) and runs to 3 books across 2013–2014, ending with The Purveyor (2014). Karelia Stetz-Waters's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Karelia Stetz-Waters written?
Karelia Stetz-Waters has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2025. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Ivers & Wilson series with 3 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Karelia Stetz-Waters's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Karelia Stetz-Waters's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Ivers & Wilson (2013–2014, 3 books) and Out in Portland (2015–2018, 3 books).
How are Karelia Stetz-Waters's books organised into series?
This guide splits Karelia Stetz-Waters's 12 books into 2 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Ivers & Wilson (3 books, 2013–2014); Out in Portland (3 books, 2015–2018).