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== Biography ==
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Karen Rose earned a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland and holds two patents. She makes her home in Florida. Rose made her writing debut with ''[[Don't Tell]]''
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[[Category:Romantic Suspense Authors]]
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[[Category:2003 Debut]]
  
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Karen Rose won the [[2005 RITA® Winners|2005 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Romantic Suspense|Best Romantic Suspense]] category with her novel ''[[I'm Watching You]]''. She was a also [[2005 RITA® Winners|2005 RITA® finalist]] with her novel ''[[Have You Seen Her?]]''. Rose finaled again in [[2006 RITA® Winners|2006 RITA® contest]] with ''[[Nothing To Fear]]''. She was a [[2008 RITA® Winners|2008 RITA® finalist]] in the [[RITA®: Best Romantic Suspense]] category with ''[[Die For Me]]''.
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Internationally bestselling, RITA-award winning, author Karen Rose was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. She met her husband, Martin, on a blind date when they were seventeen and after they both graduated from the University of Maryland, (Karen with a degree in Chemical Engineering) they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Karen worked as an engineer for a large consumer goods company, earning two patents, but as Karen says, “scenes were roiling in my head and I couldn't concentrate on my job so I started writing them down. I started out writing for fun, and soon found I was hooked.”
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Her debut suspense novel, DON'T TELL, was released in July, 2003. Since then, she has published fifteen more novels and two novellas. Her seventeenth novel, ALONE IN THE DARK, will be released in 2016.
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Karen's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, London's Sunday Times, and Germany's der Spiegel (#1), and the Irish Times, as well as lists in South Africa (#1) and Australia!
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Her novels, I'M WATCHING YOU and SILENT SCREAM, received the Romance Writers of America's RITA award for Best Romantic Suspense for 2005 and 2011. Five of her other books have been RITA finalists. To date, her books have been translated into twenty-four languages.
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A former high school teacher of chemistry and physics, Karen lives in Florida with her husband of more than twenty years, her two daughters, two dogs, and a cat.
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== On the Web ==
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* Official Website [http://www.karenrosebooks.com/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Rose]
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
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* ''[[Count To Ten]]'' - 2007 ([[Grand Central Publishing]])
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* ''[[Alone In The Dark]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Beneath Dark Waters]]'' - 2023
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* ''[[Broken Silence]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Closer Than You Think]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Cold-Blooded Liar]]'' - 2023
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* ''[[Count To Ten]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Death Is Not Enough]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Did You Miss Me?]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Die For Me]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Dirty Secrets]]'' - 2005
 
* ''[[Don't Tell]]'' - 2003
 
* ''[[Don't Tell]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Die For Me]]'' - 2007 ([[Grand Central Publishing]])
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* ''[[Edge Of Darkness]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Every Dark Corner]]'' - 2017
 
* ''[[Have You Seen Her?]]'' - 2004
 
* ''[[Have You Seen Her?]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[I'm Watching You]]'' - 2004 ([[Grand Central Publishing|Warner Books]])
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* ''[[I Can See You]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[I'm Watching You]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Into The Dark]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Kill For Me]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Monster In The Closet]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[No One Left To Tell]]'' - 2012
 
* ''[[Nothing To Fear]]'' - 2005
 
* ''[[Nothing To Fear]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[You Can't Hide]]''
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* ''[[Quarter To Midnight]]'' - 2022
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* ''[[Say Goodbye]]'' - 2021
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* ''[[Say No More]]'' - 2020
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* ''[[Say You're Sorry]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Scream For Me]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[Shots]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Silent Scream]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Watch Your Back]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[You Belong To Me]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[You Can't Hide]]'' - 2006
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''Baltimore'''
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:  1. ''[[You Belong To Me]]''
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:  2. ''[[No One Left To Tell]]''
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:  3. ''[[Did You Miss Me?]]''
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::  3.5 ''[[Broken Silence]]''
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:  4. ''[[Watch Your Back]]''
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:  5. ''[[Monster In The Closet]]''
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:  6. ''[[Death Is Not Enough]]''
  
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== Awards/Honors ==
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'''Chicago'''
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* [[2005 RITA® Winners|2005 RITA®]] - [[RITA®: Best Romantic Suspense|Best Romantic Suspense]] category for ''[[I'm Watching You]]''
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# ''[[Don't Tell]]''
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# ''[[Have You Seen Her?]]''
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# ''[[I'm Watching You]]''
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# ''[[Nothing To Fear]]''
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# ''[[You Can't Hide]]''
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# ''[[Count To Ten]]''
  
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== On the Web ==
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'''Cincinnati'''
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* [http://www.karenrosebooks.com/ Karen Rose Official Website]
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# ''[[Closer Than You Think]]''
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# ''[[Alone In The Dark]]''
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# ''[[Every Dark Corner]]''
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# ''[[Edge Of Darkness]]''
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# ''[[Into The Dark]]''
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'''Minneapolis'''
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# ''[[I Can See You]]''
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# ''[[Silent Scream]]''
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'''New Orleans'''
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# ''[[Quarter To Midnight]]''
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# ''[[Beneath Dark Waters]]''
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'''Sacramento'''
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# ''[[Say You're Sorry]]''
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# ''[[Say No More]]''
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# ''[[Say Goodbye]]''
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'''Vartanian Family'''
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# ''[[Die For Me]]''
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# ''[[Scream For Me]]''
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# ''[[Kill For Me]]''
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== Awards ==
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*2011  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Silent Scream]]''
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*2009  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Contemporary Mystery, ''[[Kill For Me]]''
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*2007  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Die For Me]]''
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*2005  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Romantic Suspense, ''[[I'm Watching You]]''
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==Recognitions==
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*2021  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Say Goodbye]]''
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*2020  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Say No More]]''
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*2017  [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[Every Dark Corner]]''
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*2016  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Alone In The Dark]]''
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*2015  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Closer Than You Think]]''
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*2013  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Did You Miss Me?]]''
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*2012  [[Audies]] Finalist - Suspense, ''[[Silent Scream]]''
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*2012  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[No One Left To Tell]]''
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*2011  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[You Belong To Me]]''
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*2010  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Kill For Me]]''
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*2009  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Scream For Me]]''
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*2008  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Die For Me]]''
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*2006  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Nothing To Fear]]''
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*2005  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Have You Seen Her?]]''

Revision as of 00:07, 22 March 2023


Internationally bestselling, RITA-award winning, author Karen Rose was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. She met her husband, Martin, on a blind date when they were seventeen and after they both graduated from the University of Maryland, (Karen with a degree in Chemical Engineering) they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Karen worked as an engineer for a large consumer goods company, earning two patents, but as Karen says, “scenes were roiling in my head and I couldn't concentrate on my job so I started writing them down. I started out writing for fun, and soon found I was hooked.”

Her debut suspense novel, DON'T TELL, was released in July, 2003. Since then, she has published fifteen more novels and two novellas. Her seventeenth novel, ALONE IN THE DARK, will be released in 2016.

Karen's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, London's Sunday Times, and Germany's der Spiegel (#1), and the Irish Times, as well as lists in South Africa (#1) and Australia!

Her novels, I'M WATCHING YOU and SILENT SCREAM, received the Romance Writers of America's RITA award for Best Romantic Suspense for 2005 and 2011. Five of her other books have been RITA finalists. To date, her books have been translated into twenty-four languages.

A former high school teacher of chemistry and physics, Karen lives in Florida with her husband of more than twenty years, her two daughters, two dogs, and a cat.

On the Web

  • Official Website [1]
  • Wikipedia [2]

Books

Series/Related Titles

Baltimore

1. You Belong To Me
2. No One Left To Tell
3. Did You Miss Me?
3.5 Broken Silence
4. Watch Your Back
5. Monster In The Closet
6. Death Is Not Enough

Chicago

  1. Don't Tell
  2. Have You Seen Her?
  3. I'm Watching You
  4. Nothing To Fear
  5. You Can't Hide
  6. Count To Ten

Cincinnati

  1. Closer Than You Think
  2. Alone In The Dark
  3. Every Dark Corner
  4. Edge Of Darkness
  5. Into The Dark

Minneapolis

  1. I Can See You
  2. Silent Scream

New Orleans

  1. Quarter To Midnight
  2. Beneath Dark Waters

Sacramento

  1. Say You're Sorry
  2. Say No More
  3. Say Goodbye

Vartanian Family

  1. Die For Me
  2. Scream For Me
  3. Kill For Me

Awards

Recognitions

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