Karen Harper

A New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author, Karen Harper is a former college English instructor (The Ohio State University) and high school literature and writing teacher. A lifelong Ohioan, Karen and her husband love to travel. Besides her American settings, Karen loves the British Isles, where her Scottish and English roots run deep, and where she has set many of her historical novels about real British women: THE ROYAL NANNY, THE IT GIRLS (Oct. 2017), and AMERICAN DUCHESS, yet to come. The Harpers lived in SW Florida for many winters so her suspense novels, the SOUTH SHORES SERIES, are set in the tropics. These books include CHASING SHADOWS, DROWNING TIDES and FALLING DARKNESS with SHALLOW GRAVE and other titles coming in the future. Karen's books have been published in many foreign languages and are available in print and ebook formats in English. Most are in large print and audio. She won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for her Amish-setting novel, DARK ANGEL. Karen has given numerous talks to readers and writers across the country. Her author collection is with The Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscript Library.

Ms. Harper passed away in 2020.