Karen Falk is an historian who serves as the head archivist for The Jim Henson Company. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, she was the primary contributor to the Ask Henson.com column on the company's website, answering a multitude of questions about the history of Jim Henson and the Muppets. Falk has appeared as a discussion panelist at a number of events, including those held in October of 2003 at The Museum of Television and Radio and in November of 2004 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.