Karen Dockrey is a youth minister, writer, and mother who has walked through the teen years with hundreds of teenagers and their parents over the past thirty years. She holds the Master of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and has served two churches as minister to youth. Her books include When a Hug Won’t Fix the Hurt, the Student Bible Dictionary, and The Youth Worker’s Guide to Creative Bible Study. She lives with her husband and two children in Hendersonville, Tennessee.