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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.” | + | 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. | 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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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
Books
- Alone In The Dark - 2016
- Beneath Dark Waters - 2023
- Broken Silence - 2013
- Closer Than You Think - 2015
- Cold-Blooded Liar - 2023
- Count To Ten - 2007
- Death Is Not Enough - 2018
- Did You Miss Me? - 2013
- Die For Me - 2007
- Dirty Secrets - 2005
- Don't Tell - 2003
- Edge Of Darkness - 2018
- Every Dark Corner - 2017
- Have You Seen Her? - 2004
- I Can See You - 2009
- I'm Watching You - 2004
- Into The Dark - 2019
- Kill For Me - 2009
- Monster In The Closet - 2017
- No One Left To Tell - 2012
- Nothing To Fear - 2005
- Quarter To Midnight - 2022
- Say Goodbye - 2021
- Say No More - 2020
- Say You're Sorry - 2019
- Scream For Me - 2008
- Shots - 2011
- Silent Scream - 2010
- Watch Your Back - 2014
- You Belong To Me - 2011
- You Can't Hide - 2006
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
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Sacramento
Vartanian Family
Awards
- 2011 RITA Award Winner - Romantic Suspense, Silent Scream
- 2009 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Contemporary Mystery, Kill For Me
- 2007 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Romantic Suspense, Die For Me
- 2005 RITA Award Winner - Romantic Suspense, I'm Watching You
Recognitions
- 2021 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Say Goodbye
- 2020 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Say No More
- 2017 Library Journal Starred Review, Every Dark Corner
- 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Alone In The Dark
- 2015 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Closer Than You Think
- 2013 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Did You Miss Me?
- 2012 Audies Finalist - Suspense, Silent Scream
- 2012 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, No One Left To Tell
- 2011 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, You Belong To Me
- 2010 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Kill For Me
- 2009 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Scream For Me
- 2008 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Die For Me
- 2006 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Nothing To Fear
- 2005 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Have You Seen Her?