About the Author

Karen Lynch is a native San Franciscan. After graduating from UC Berkeley, she joined the San Francisco Police Department in 1981. She lives in Novato with her husband and their three children, including Kyra, who was the subject of an essay that won the 2012 Notes & Words national essay contest. Her memoir, “Good Cop, Bad Daughter,” is the story of how growing up with a bi-polar mother trained Karen to be a cop.