Published Writing Karen Amster-Young is a strategic advisor for communications agencies, an author and a journalist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Insider.com, Hamptons magazine, and many other regional and national media platforms. She is a regular contributor to James Lane Post, and the author of non-fiction book, The 52 Weeks (Skyhorse). She also writes for her Substack, reworking articles like Happy 50th Birthday — and sorry for your loss, and new pieces like My Favorite Roommate, Newsprint Love & Aging and They’re Not Just Blueberries.