Karen Rose Smith

KAREN ROSE SMITH

Karen Rose Smith was born in Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna Valley.   As a teenager, music became as important to her as reading.  The Beatles were her favorite group.  She and her cousin took their first sojourn into writing by collaborating on a script for the MONKEES television program.  They sent that script to every concert venue where the group appeared that summer! 

In college, Karen began writing poetry and also met her husband‑to‑be.  They both started married life as teachers, but when their son was born, Karen decided to try her hand at a home decorating business.  She returned to teaching for a while but changes in her life led her to writing romance fiction.  Now she writes full‑time.  Her first romance was published in 1992; her 70^th novel will be published in 2010 with Silhouette Special Edition.  A winner of New Jersey's Golden Leaf Award in Short Contemporary Romance, Colorado Romance Writers Award Of  Excellence for short contemporary, as well as the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter's Golden Quill for Traditional Romance, she has also been honored with Cataromance.com's award for Best Special Edition. Her romances have made both the USA TODAY list and the Waldenbooks Bestseller list for Series Romance.

Married to her college sweetheart , believing in the power of love and commitment, she envisions herself writing relationship novels for a long time to come!

Readers can visit her website at www.karenrosesmith.com to read excerpts of her books or visit her page on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Karen‑Rose‑Smith/113599841764?ref=ts. Also follow her on Twitter@karenrosesmith. Karen also blogs at Cats, Roses...and Books! http://karenrosesmith.blogspot.com and posts an ezine IN TOUCH with Karen Rose Smith at http://karenrosesmith-ezine.blogspot.com/.