Karen Kingsbury

Karen Kingsbury born June 8 1963 in Fairfax Virginia is an American Christian novelist She was a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times and later wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News Her first book Missys Murder 1991 was based on a murder story that she covered in Los Angeles During this time she had an article published in People Magazine Kingsbury has written or cowritten almost 100 novels or short stories and as of 2008 has nearly 13 million copies of her novels in print She is a 1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist with the last dozen books published topping bestseller lists Some of her novels are being developed into movies by The Hallmark Channel including The Bridge A Time to Dance 2015 and Maggies Christmas Miracle 2017 Her Baxter Family series was adapted into a threeseason television series by Lightworkers Media and Roma Downey in 2024 on Prime Video