TANNER, Karen Holliday (Olson) 1940-

PERSONAL: Born March 30, 1940, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Carl Birger (a developer) and Mary Adele (a homemaker; maiden name, Holliday) Olson; married Charles R. D. Selinger, September 27, 1958 (divorced, 1965); married David C. Mielke, December 21, 1967 (divorced, 1986); married John D. Tanner, Jr. (a professor of history), April 16, 1988; children: (second marriage) Richard A., Scott D., Blair C. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Attended Northwestern University, 1957-58; University of Maryland—College Park, B.S., 2001. Politics: Republican. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, duplicate bridge, gourmet cooking, tennis.

ADDRESSES: Home—2308 Willow Glen Rd., Fallbrook, CA 92028. Agent—Jon Tuska, Golden West Literary Agency, 2327 Southeast Salmon St., Portland, OR. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Owner and manager of two restaurants in Fallbrook, CA, 1981-86; self-employed tax accountant, Fallbrook, 1986—; writer.

MEMBER: Toastmasters International, National Outlaw-Lawman Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Writers of America, Western Outlaw-Lawman Association (member of board of directors), Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

WRITINGS:

Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 1998.

(With John D. Tanner) Last of the Old-time Outlaws: The George West Musgrave Story, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 2002.

Contributor to western history magazines.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Virginia Quarterly Review, spring, 2003, review of Last of the Old-time Outlaws: The George West Musgrave Story, p. 55.