Karen Kingsbury

Karen Kingsbury is the bestselling American author of inspirational fiction^[1].

She was born to Theodore and Anne Kingsbury in Fairfax, VA.^[2] She was married to Donald on July 23, 1988, and has six children: Kelsey, Tyler, Austin, Sean, Josh, and E.J. Karen and Donald adopted E.J., Sean, and Josh from Haiti in 2001^[3]. Karen and her family live in the Vancouver, Washington^[4] area, near Salmon Creek, Washington^[5].

In 1986 she received her B.A. in Journalism from California State University, Northridge.

As a child of 5, she already loved writing, and knew she wanted to become a novelist by her teens, as her father Ted was a huge influence and supporter of her writing career. 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^[3].

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.^[6]

She has written more than 40 novels, with 5 co-written, and has nearly 13 million copies of her novels in print. She has made both the USA Today and the New York Times Bestseller Lists. Her recent books are trademarked as Life-Changing Fiction with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She regularly writes about recent social happenings, including the September 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.^[3].

In 2009, Kingsbury plans to speak at 12-15 conferences, mostly for the Extraordinary Women. Karen's mother Anne and manager Will Montgomery accompany her to all of her events.^[5][7]

Contents 1 Awards won 2 Movies 3 Music 4 Books by Karen Kingsbury 4.1 Forever Faithful series 4.2 Women of Faith series 4.3 Redemption series 4.4 Red Gloves collection 4.5 September 11th series 4.6 Firstborn series 4.7 Lost Love series 4.8 Cody Gunner series 4.9 Sunrise series 4.10 Above the Lines series 4.10.1 Gift Books 4.11 Children's Books 5 References 6 External links

Awards won

• Oceans Apart: 2005 Gold Medallion Book Award - Fiction ^[8]
• Ever After: 2007 Book of the Year Award from ECPA^[9] Note: This was the first fiction title to win the award and the first time the prize was awarded to a female author.^[3]
• Was named the 2009 Extraordinary Woman of the Year in September, 2009.

Movies

Karen Kingsbury has several movie deals upcoming.

• Gideon's Gift is in production.
• A Thousand Tomorrows is rumored to begin production in the Fall of '10.
• Like Dandelion Dust is in post-production and was screened at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January '09. It has a tentative theatrical release of May, 2010.
• Even Now is scheduled to begin production in 2011.

Music

Karen Kingsbury co-wrote her first song, "Walls" with Gary Baker and Richie McDonald that will appear on McDonald's inspirational album, I Turn to You and will hit Christian and Country radio January of '09. Wrote song "Tell Me to Breathe" that will be included on upcoming album from Marie Osmond.

Books by Karen Kingsbury

Forever Faithful series

Published by Multnomah.

1. Waiting for Morning, 1999
2. A Moment of Weakness, 2000
3. Halfway to Forever, 2002

Women of Faith series

Published by Thomas Nelson

1. A Time to Dance, 2001
2. A Time to Embrace, 2002

Redemption series

The first series featuring the Baxter family. Written with Gary Smalley. Published by Tyndale House Publishers.

1. Redemption, 2002
2. Remember, 2003
3. Return, 2003
4. Rejoice, 2004
5. Reunion, 2004

Red 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.

1. Gideon's Gift, 2002
2. Maggie's Miracle, 2003
3. Sarah's Song, 2004
4. Hannah's Hope, 2005

September 11th series

Published by Zondervan

1. One Tuesday Morning, 2003
2. Beyond Tuesday Morning, 2005
3. Every Now and Then, 2008

Firstborn series

The second series featuring the Baxter family. Published by Tyndale House Publishers.

1. Fame, 2005
2. Forgiven, 2005
3. Found, 2006
4. Family, 2006
5. Forever, 2007

Lost Love series

Published by Zondervan.

1. Even Now, 2005
2. Ever After, 2007

Cody Gunner series

Published by HBGUSA

1. A Thousand Tomorrows, 2005
2. Just Beyond the Clouds, 2007

Sunrise series

The third series featuring the Baxter family. Published by Tyndale House Publishers.

1. Sunrise, 2007
2. Summer, 2007
3. Someday, 2008
4. Sunset, 2008

Above the Lines series

Published by Zondervan.

1. Take One, 2009
2. Take Two, 2009
3. Take Three, 2010
4. Take Four, 2010

• Miracles - A 52 Week Devotional, 2009

Gift Books

Published by Zondervan

• Forever Young, 2005
• Be Safe Little Boy, 2006
• Stay Close Little Girl, 2006

Children's Books

• Let Me Hold You a Little Longer, 2004 Tyndale
• Let's Go on a Mommy Date, 2008 Zondervan
• We Believe in Christmas, 2008 Zondervan
• The Princess and the Three Knights, 2009 Zondervan
• Let's Go Have a Daddy Day, Spring 2010 Zondervan

References

External links

• Official Site: karenkingsbury.com
• Gideon's Gift Movie
• Reviews of Karen's books
• Karen Kingsbury Biography and Bookstore
• Between Sundays review