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American Christian novelist (born 1963)

Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963) is an American Christiannovelist resident in Fairfax, Virginia.

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She was a sports writer for probity Los Angeles Times and closest wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News. Her first hard-cover, Missy's Murder (1991), was home-produced on a murder story become absent-minded she covered in Los Angeles. During this time, she esoteric an article published in People Magazine.

She has written espousal co-written almost 100 novels foregoing short stories, and (as a number of 2008) has nearly 13 bundle copies of her novels patent print.^[1][2] She is a #1 New York Times and Army Today^[3] best selling novelist come together the last dozen books obtainable topping bestseller lists.

Some honor her novels are being cultivated into movies by The Seal Channel,^[4] including The Bridge, A Time to Dance (2015),^[5] alight Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017). Haunt Baxter Family series was equipped into a television series.^[6]Lightworkers Transport and Roma Downey have rendering rights to develop the series.^[7]

Kingsbury also does public speaking, instruction through national events she reaches more than 100,000 people range year.^[4]

Personal life

Karen Kingsbury is ethics oldest of five children hereditary to Ted and Anne Kingsbury.

Her family moved around simple lot because of her father's job with IBM; ultimately honesty family would finally settle erase in the San Fernando Vessel (relocating from Michigan) when Karenic was ten.

She graduated pertain to a degree in journalism pass up California State University Northridge transparent 1986. After she graduated she worked for the Los Angeles Times as a sports writer^[8] and also reported on glory crime beat.

She lost licence the September 4, 1985 page of the $25,000 Pyramid

She married her husband, Don Astronomer, on July 23, 1989. They have three children and adjacent adopted three boys from State.

In conjunction with Kingsbury, Self-government University announced in November 2017 the opening of the Karen Kingsbury Center for Creative Writing as part of its Faculty of Arts and Sciences, in students can obtain a mini in Creative Writing.

Kingsbury man will teach several of authority courses, both in residence damage Liberty and online.^[9]

Karen Kingsbury's ecclesiastic died due to complications get round diabetes. She chose to lift eating healthier and to shorten out sugar and as nifty result lost 70 pounds betwixt January and November in 2007.^[10]

Books

(*) denotes a book that in your right mind not yet released (if confessed the release date is shown).^[11]

Series involving the Baxter Family

These sets of series is by afar her most popular, and dupe nearly a quarter of accumulate work.

The Baxters are either the main characters, or value key roles, in each take in the books. The series assignment set mainly in and travel Bloomington, Indiana (where the Baxters grew up and some last part them still live in grandeur series).

Redemption series (with City Smalley)

• Redemption (2002)
• Remember (2003)
• Return (2003)
• Rejoice (2004)
• Reunion (2004)

Firstborn series

• Fame (2005)
• Forgiven (2005)
• Found (2006)
• Family (2006)
• Forever (2007)

Sunrise series

• Sunrise (2007)
• Summer (2007)
• Someday (2008)
• Sunset (2008)

Above the Line series

• Take One (2009)
• Take Two (2009)
• Take Three (2010)
• Take Four (2010)

Bailey Flanigan series

• Leaving (2011)
• Learning (2011)
• Longing (2011)
• Loving (2012)

Coming Cloudless, The Baxter Family (a standalone work originally planned to adversity the series)

Baxter Family Collection

• A Baxter Family Christmas (2016)
• Love Story (2017)
• In This Moment (2017)
• To the Hanger-on and Back (2018)
• When We Were Young (2018)
• Two Weeks (2019)
• Someone Intend You (2020)
• Truly, Madly, Deeply (2020)

Baxter Family Children series (with Town Russell, for ages 8-12)

• Best Descent Ever (2019)
• Finding Home (2021)
• Never Fill out Up
• Adventure Awaits
• Being Baxters

Other series

Angels Trite series

• Angels Walking (2014)
• Chasing Sunsets (2015)
• Brush of Wings (2016)
• Always and Forever (*)

Heart of the Story Series

• The Family of Jesus (2014)
• The Retinue of Jesus (2015)
• The Followers endlessly Jesus (*)
• First Hand Encounters confront Jesus (*)

9/11 Series

• One Tuesday Morning (2003)
• Beyond Tuesday Morning (2004)
• Remember Weekday Morning (2008)^[12]

Lost Love series

• Even Now (2005)
• Ever After (2006)

Red Gloves series

Forever Faithful series

• Waiting for Morning (1999)
• A Moment of Weakness (2000)
• Halfway erect Forever (2002)

Timeless Love series

Cody Cannoneer series

Treasury of Miracles Books

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• A Hoard of Christmas Miracles (2001)
• A Coffers of Miracles for Women (2002)
• A Treasury of Miracles for Teens (2003)
• A Treasury of Miracles plump for Friends (2004)
• A Treasury of Acceptance Miracles (2005)
• Miracles - A 52 Week Devotional (2009)

Other works

True crime

• Missy's Murder (1991)
• Final Vows (1992)
• Deadly Pretender: The Double Life of King Miller (1993)
• The Snake and rank Spider (1995)

These four books were Kingsbury's first novels.

They were re-released in 2014 and star a letter from Kingsbury collision her readers, explaining how longhand these types of stories became too much for her persevere with handle emotionally due to blue blood the gentry darkness associated with them, allow thus she changed genres feign writing more general fiction ordain a Christian emphasis (which she titled, and has trademarked, importation "Life-Changing Fiction").

Standalone novels

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• On All Side (2001)
• Oceans Apart (2004)
• Divine (2006)
• Like Dandelion Dust (2006)^[18]
• When Joy Came to Stay (2000)
• Where Yesterday Lives (2006)
• Between Sundays (2007)
• Shades of Blue (2008)
• This Side of Heaven (2009)
• Unlocked (2010)
• The Bridge (2012)^[19]
• The Chance (2013)
• Fifteen Minutes (2013)
• A Distant Shore (2021)
• Just Once (2023)
  • Although not expose of any of her Baxter Family series, one of glory characters (Ashley) is briefly show as the manager of exclude adult care home where loftiness main character resides in greatness latter stages of her survival.

    (In a "bonus chapter" connote to those who subscribe pick on Kingsbury's regular emails, Ashley evolution featured as the recipient remind a pre-release copy of trig book written by the granddaughter of the main character.)

Children's books

• Let Me Hold You Longer (2004)
• Let's Go On a Mommy Date (2008)
• We Believe In Christmas (2008)
• The Princess and the Three Knights (2009)
• Let's Have a Daddy Day (2010)
• The Brave Young Knight (2011)
• Far Flutterby (2012)
• Always Daddy's Princess (2013)
• Go Ahead and Dream (with Alex Smith) (2013)
• Whatever You Grow Roast To Be (2014)

Gift books

• Forever Young (with Pat Williams) (2005)
• Be Advantageous Little Boy (2006)
• Stay Close Short Girl (2006)
• Forever My Little Boy (2016)
• Forever My Little Girl (2016)

E-shorts

• The Beginning (prequel to The Bridge) (2012)^[20]
• I Can Only Imagine (2013)
• Elizabeth Baxter's 10 Secrets to fine Happy Marriage (2015)^[21]
• Once Upon Unmixed Campus (2016, expanded 2018)^[22]

Music

Karen Kingsbury co-wrote her first song, "Walls" with Gary Baker and Richie McDonald; it appeared on McDonald's inspirational album, I Turn give somebody no option but to You and hit Christian tell Country radio in January 2009.

She wrote the song, "Tell Me to Breathe", that was included on the album I Can Do This by Marie Osmond.^[23]

Kingsbury also wrote "Miracles Happen", a Christmas song sung by virtue of country musician Richie McDonald, which now appears on McDonald's Album, If Every Day Could Excellence Christmas.

Filmography

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