Karen Kelley

Karen Kelley became very adept at how things worked in the publishing world. You write a book, you mail it off, you get rejected, you write another book. She did this for six years until one day she talked her husband into mailing her manuscript for her. She couldn't take one more look of pity from the postal workers. Being the loving husband that he is, he mailed her book to Hilary Sares at Kensington on Tuesday. On Friday of that same week, Hilary Sares called to offer a contract. Now a bestselling, award-winning author of 17 books, Karen writes full-time, and collects junk which she fondly calls antiques. Her husband can still be talked into mailing her manuscripts and helping with her publicity.