Kingsbury, Karen

USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America’s #1 inspirational novelist. Her book sales increase at more than two million copies a year and now exceed 10 million. Karen won the coveted “Book of the Year” award in 2007 for her novel, Ever After (Zondervan). She also garnered the “2005 Gold Medallion” and “2005 Retailer Choice” best novel awards for her Ocean’s Apart, and the “2005 Retailer Choice” best series award for her Redemption Series. Her critical success is matched by popular acclaim and correspondence from tens of thousands of readers who have said Karen’s fiction has dramatically changed their lives. These testimonials of improved marriages, spiritual awakening and new-found hope enabled her to formally trademark her work Life-Changing Fiction ™. Karen’s novels have been a magnet for film and television producers, and several are in production for major theatrical release over the next several years. A popular speaker at women’s groups around the country, Karen spends her spare time writing songs with several chart-topping Nashville stars and corresponding with readers via her website. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their six children, three of whom were adopted from Haiti. They celebrate their faith daily by laughing, loving and living life to the fullest.

Photo Credit: ©Dan Davis Photography