Karen Alexander is a long time circles researcher who has for many years brought a thoughtful and introspective touch to researching the crop circles. A respected and influential speaker and writer, her work seamlessly fuses sacred art, spirituality, psychology and philosophy - the scholarly and the intuitive. Karen is perhaps best known as the writer behind the annually published Crop Circle Year Books (1999 - 2011) and Crop Circles: Signs, Wonders & Mysteries, Arcturus 2006. Karen is also one of the organisers of the conference and your host for the weekend.