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Biography
"Karen Rose Smith always writes romances that touch
the heart. They are quick reads with characters that we the readers can relate
to." Kathy Andrico, www.kathysreviewcorner.com
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. She has
sold 70 novels since 1991. She has recently sold three more books in her THE
BABY EXPERTS Series. The series will run through 2010. LULLABY FOR TWO (Book 1
in the series for Silhouette Special Edition) will be released in March. 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, and Romance Reviews Today's award for BEST SERIES ROMANCE.
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
or write to her at P.O. Box 1545, Hanover, PA 17331. Readers can read an
excerpt from LULLABY FOR TWO and find out more about the rest of the series on
her website.
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