Karen Kingsbury
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Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963) is an American Christian novelist who was born in Fairfax, Virginia. She worked for the Los Angeles Times as a sports writer and then for the Los Angeles Daily News.
Missy's Murder (1991), her first book, was based on a murder investigation she covered in Los Angeles.
She had an article published in People Magazine at this time. She has written or co-written almost 100 books or short stories, and (as of 2008) has over 13 million copies of her books in print.
She is the top-selling novelist on bestseller lists in the United States and USA Today.
The Hallmark Channel is converting portions of her books, including The Bridge, A Time to Dance (2015), and Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017).
The Baxter Family story is being turned into a television series.
The rights to design the series are granted to Lightworkers Media and Roma Downey, and the series is also available at national festivals.
Personal life
Karen Kingsbury is the oldest of five children born to Ted and Anne Kingsbury. Because of her father's work with IBM, she and her family stayed in the San Fernando Valley until Karen was ten years old (relocating from Michigan).
In 1986, she received a bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University Northridge. After graduating, she worked with the Los Angeles Times as a sports writer and also covered the crime beat. On the 1985 episode of the $25,000 Pyramid, she lost.
Don Russell, her husband, was married on July 23, 1989. They have three children and then adopted three boys from Haiti.
The Karen Kingsbury Center for Creative Writing opened in November 2017 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences, where students can study a minor in Creative Writing. Both in residence and online, Kingsbury herself will teach several of the subjects.
Karen Kingsbury's father died as a result of diabetes complications. She started eating healthier and cut out sugar, and as a result, she lost 70 pounds between January and November 2007.