Karen White

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Karen White | Blending Women’s Fiction with the Paranormal—Is there such a thing?
November 5, 2008
I’m known for writing ‘grit lit’—Southern women’s fiction. My books are recognized not only by their Southern setting and characters, but also  Read More...

Karen White | Southern Women's Fiction: It's More Than Just An Accent!
May 23, 2008
When people ask me what I write, I tell them that I write 'Southern women's fiction'. To clarify, I usually follow that with the  Read More...

After playing hooky one day in the seventh grade to read Gone With the Wind, Karen knew she wanted to be a writer—or become Scarlett O'Hara. In spite of these aspirations, Karen pursued a degree in business and graduated with a BS in Management from Tulane University. Ten years later, after leaving the business world to stay home with her children, she fulfilled her dream of becoming a writer and wrote her first book. In the Shadow of the Moon was published in August, 2000. This book was nominated for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award in 2001 in two separate categories.

Ms. White has since published seven more award-winning novels. Her next novel, The House on Tradd Street, will be released in trade paperback by New American Library, a division of Penguin Publishing Group, in November 2008. When not writing, Karen spends her time reading, singing, playing the piano, carpooling children and avoiding cooking.

Ms. White lived in London, England for seven years and is a graduate of the American School in London. She now lives outside Atlanta with her husband, son and daughter and is busily at work on her tenth novel, a "grit lit" southern family drama set in Savannah, Georgia.

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