Karen Harper

A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Karen Harper is a former college English instructor (The Ohio State University) and high school literature and writing teacher. A lifelong Ohioan, Karen and her husband Don divide their time between the midwest and the southeast, both locations she has used in her books. Besides her American settings, Karen loves the British Isles, where her Scottish and English roots run deep, and where she has set many of her historical Tudor-era mysteries and her historical novels about real and dynamic British women. Karen's books have been published in many foreign languages and she won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for 2005. Karen has given numerous talks to readers and writers across the county. Her most recent books include THE COLD CREEK TRILGOY: Shattered Secrets, Forbidden Ground and Broken Bonds. Look for her "Downton Abbey" inspired historical novel THE ROYAL NANNY in June 2016. Please visit her fb page at www.facebook.com/KarenHarperAuthor