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Karen Harper


Born
The United States
Died
April 13, 2020

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Genre
Historical Fiction, Suspense


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 m ...more

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The First Princess of Wales
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Mistress Shakespeare
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Series by Karen Harper

Chasing Shadows Drowning Tides Falling Darkness Shallow Grave Silent Scream Dark Storm
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Fall from Pride Return to Grace Finding Mercy Upon a Winter's Night
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“The rendering of my thoughts, emotions, and experiences is part comedy and part tragedy as well as history, for life is such a mingling.”
― Karen Harper
tags: anne-whately, life, truthful
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“Southern hospitality and Amish cooking - Ya'll Come Back, Danki.”
― Karen Harper, Fall from Pride
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“He would almost call this feeling for
jeannette hate, if he were not so afraid it was love.”
― Karen Harper, The First Princess of Wales
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