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Biography
Award-winning author Karen Rose Smith
was born in Pennsylvania. Although she
was an only child, she remembers the bonds of an extended family. She and her
parents lived with her grandfather and aunt until she was five when her parents
built a house next door. Since her father came from a family of ten and her
mother, a family of seven,
there were always aunts, uncles and cousins visiting on weekends. Family is a
strong theme in her books and she suspects her childhood memories are the
reason.
As a teenager, music became as important to Karen
as reading. The Beatles were her favorite group. But she and her cousin took
their first sojourn into writing by collaborating on a script for the MONKEES
television program. They sent that script to every concert venue where the
group appeared that summer!
In college, Karen began writing poetry and also
met her husband-to-be. They both began married life as teachers, but when their
son was born, Karen decided to try her hand at a home decorating business.
She returned to teaching for a while but changes
in her life led her to writing romance fiction. Now she writes full-time. Her
first romance was published in 1992; her 59th novel THE BRACELET will be
released in August. She has written for Meteor/Kismet, Kensington and
Harlequin/Silhouette. A winner of New Jersey's Golden Leaf Award in Short
Contemporary Romance as well as the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter's Golden Quill
for Traditional Romance, she has also been honored with cataromance.com
Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Silhouette Special Edition. Her romances have
made both the USA TODAY list and the Waldenbooks Bestseller list for Series
Romance.
Married to her college sweetheart since 1971,
believing in the power of love and commitment, she envisions herself writing
relationship novels for a long time to come! Readers can e-mail Karen through
her website at <www.karenrosesmith.com> or write to her at P.O. Box 1545,
Hanover, PA 17331. Readers should watch for an excerpt and bonus scenes from
her August release THE BRACELET on her website and much more! |
