- Karen Kingsbury
Karen Kingsbury is a bestselling American author of inspirational fiction [Tyndale House Publishers: [http://www.tyndale.com/authors/bio.asp?code=345 Karen Kingsbury Author Biography] ] .
She was born to Theodore and Anne Kingsbury on
July 17 inFairfax, Virginia .Fact|date=January 2008 [The [http://errol.oclc.org/laf/no95-50469.html Library of Congress name authority file] gives her fate of birth asJune 8 ,1963 ] She was married to Donald onJuly 23 , 1988, and has six children: Kelsey, Tyler, Austin, E. J., Sean, and Josh. Karen and Donald adopted EJ, Sean, and Josh fromHaiti in 2001Chris Glazier for Borders Christian Book Reader, January/February 2008 issue.] . Karen and her family live in theVancouver, Washington Mike Bailey, staff writer for "The Columbian", July 23 2007. [http://www.columbian.com/lifeHome/lifeHomeNews/07232007news171947.cfm The Columbian: Bits'n' Pieces] ] area, nearSalmon Creek, Washington Mike Bailey, staff writer for "The Columbian", February 5 2008. [http://www.columbian.com/lifeHome/lifeHomeNews/2008/02/02052008_Her-faith-based-books-hit-a-chord.cfm The Columbian: Arts & Living feature] ] .In 1986 she received her
B.A. inJournalism fromCalifornia State University, Northridge .As a child of 5 or 6, she already loved writing, and knew she wanted to become a novelist by her teens. She didn't start writing novels until "Where Yesterday Lives" (1998). And then after reading a book by
Francine Rivers , she felt called to write Christian fiction.She was a writer for the "
Los Angeles Times " as a sports author. Later, she wrote for "Los Angeles Daily News ", also starting in the sports area and then moving to writing features. During this time, had an article published in "People Magazine " which prompted an agent to contact her with an offer to write a book. [http://www.karenkingsbury.com/faqs/ KarenKingsbury.com's faq page] ]She has written more than 40 novels, with 5 co-written, and has nearly 10 million copies of her novels in print. She has made both the
USA Today and theNew York Times Bestseller List s. Her recent books are trademarked as Life-Changing Fiction with theUnited States Patent and Trademark Office . She regularly writes about recent social happenings, including theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks . She's mentioned writing at least 10,000 words per day, and with "Ever After", it was 25,000 words a day..In 2008, Kingsbury plans to speak at 11 conferences for the Extraordinary Women group. [http://www.ewomen.net Extraordinary Women site] ]
Awards won
*"Oceans Apart": 2005
Gold Medallion Book Award - Fiction [ [http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/cba2005.php 2005 Christian Book Awards Winners – Fiction category] ]
* "Ever After": 2007 Book of the Year Award from ECPA [ECPA Press Release - [http://www.ecpa.org/pr/pr.php?id=86 July 9, 2007] .] "Note: This was the first fiction title to win the award and the first time the prize was awarded to a female author."Movies
Karen Kingsbury has several movie deals upcoming.
* "Gideon's Gift" is in process with
Christian Slater andElle Fanning in the cast.
* "A Thousand Tomorrows"
* "Like Dandelion Dust"Books by Karen Kingsbury
Forever Faithful series
Published by Multnomah.
# "Waiting for Morning", 1999
# "A Moment of Weakness", 2000
# "Halfway to Forever", 2002Women of Faith series
Published by WestBow Press.
# "A Time to Dance", 2001
# "A Time to Embrace", 2002Redemption series
The first series featuring the Baxter family. Written with
Gary Smalley . Published byTyndale House Publishers .# "Redemption", 2002
# "Remember", 2003
# "Return", 2003
# "Rejoice", 2004
# "Reunion", 2004Red Gloves collection
A collection of standalone books (it's not necessary to read in order), each with 12 chapters suitable for reading over the 12 days of Christmas. Published by FaithWords.
# "Gideon's Gift", 2002
# "Maggie's Miracle", 2003
# "Sarah's Song", 2004
# "Hannah's Hope", 2005September 11th series
Published by
Zondervan .
# "One Tuesday Morning", 2003
# "Beyond Tuesday Morning", 2005
# "Every Now and Then", coming November 2008Firstborn series
The second series featuring the Baxter family. Published by
Tyndale House Publishers .
# "Fame", 2005
# "Forgiven", 2005
# "Found", 2006
# "Family", 2006
# "Forever", 2007Lost Love series
Published by
Zondervan .
# "Even Now", 2005
# "Ever After", 2007Cody Gunner series
# "A Thousand Tomorrows", 2005
# "Just Beyond the Clouds", 2007Sunrise series
The third series featuring the Baxter family. Published by
Tyndale House Publishers .
# "Sunrise", 2007
# "Summer", 2007
# "Someday", 2008
# "Sunset", coming September 2008Standalone books
* "Where Yesterday Lives", 1998
* "When Joy Came to Stay", 2000
* "On Every Side", 2001
* "Oceans Apart", 2004
* "Divine", 2006. Published byTyndale House Publishers .
* "Like Dandelion Dust", 2006
* "Between Sundays", 2007. Published byZondervan .
* "This side of Heaven", coming 2009Non-fiction
Miracle Books collection
Based on real life events.
* "A Treasury of Christmas Miracles", 2001
* "A Treasury of Miracles for Women", 2002
* "A Treasury of Miracles for Friends", 2004
* "A Treasury of Adoption Miracles", 2005
* "A Treasury of Miracles for Teens"Gift Books
* "Forever Young", 2005
* "Be Safe Little Boy", 2006
* "Stay Close Little Girl", 2006Children's Books
* "Let Me Hold You a Little Longer", 2004
* "Let's Go on a Mommy Date", 2008References
External links
* [http://karenkingsbury.com/ Official Site: karenkingsbury.com]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0898304/ Gideon's Gift Movie]
* [http://www.tracysbooknook.com/authors/karen_kingsbury.html Reviews of Karen's books]
* [http://www.all-things-christian.com/atc/group.Karen-Kingsbury.3553.htm Karen Kingsbury Biography and Bookstore]
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