Karen Hawkins (author)

Karen Hawkins (born Tennessee) is a best-selling American author of sixteen historical romance novels. Her novels are known for their humor.

Biography

Hawkins was raised in Tennessee, where she lived with her parents, biological brother and sister, an adopted sister, numerous foster siblings and a number of foreign exchange students. It was not uncommon for 12-15 children to be living in the house at any one time.

Hawkins has a Ph.D. in political science, and spent time teaching political science at a small college in Georgia. She studied writing by joining the Romance Writers of America and attending their workshops and conferences. Before she was published, she won RWA chapter and national contests for her work, allowing her to gain feedback and critiques from actual editors. With this feedback, she refined her craft, and sold her first book in 1998. She now^[when?] publishes two books a year. Hawkins was also the driving force behind the two Lady Whistledown anthologies, developing the idea, gaining a publisher, and organizing the intertwined parts of the books.

Awards

2003 – Romance Writers of America Favorite Book of the Year, Confessions of a Scoundrel
2003 – The Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for Confessions of a Scoundrel
The Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for her novella from the first Lady Whistledown

Bibliography

Abduction & Seduction Series

The Abduction of Julia (2000)
A Belated Bride (2001)
The Seduction of Sara (2001)^[1]

Talisman Ring Series

An Affair to Remember (2002)^[1]
Confessions of a Scoundrel (2003)^[1]
How to Treat a Lady (2003)
And the Bride Wore Plaid (2004)
Lady in Red (2005)

Ask Reeves Series

Her Master and Commander (2006)
Her Officer and Gentleman (2006)

MacLean Curse Series

How to Abduct a Highland Lord (2007)
To Scotland, With Love (2007)
To Catch a Highlander (2008)
Sleepless In Scotland (2009)
The Laird Who Loved Me (2009)

Prequel to the MacLean Curse series and The Hurst Amulet series

Much Ado About Marriage (August, 2010)

Hurst Amulet Series

One Night in Scotland (Nov, 2010)
Scandal in Scotland (May, 2011)
A Most Dangerous Profession (October, 2011)
The Taming of a Scottish Princess (May, 2012)

Duchess Diaries Series

How to Capture a Countess (September, 2012)
How to Pursue a Princess (May, 2013)
How to Entice an Enchantress (September, 2013)
Princess in Disguise (e-novella) (February, 2013)

The Wicked Widows Short Stories (E-book only)

The Lady in the Tower (December, 2013)
The Lucky One (December, 2013)

The Princes of Oxenburg

Mad for Plaid
The Princess Who Wore Plaid
The Prince Who Loved Me (September, 2014)
Prince and I

Contemporary

Talk of the Town (2008)
Lois Lane Tells All (2010)

Single Novels

Catherine and the Pirate (2002)

Anthologies

The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown (2003) with Suzanne Enoch, Julia Quinn and Mia Ryan.
Lady Whistledown Strikes Back (2004) with Suzanne Enoch, Julia Quinn and Mia Ryan.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dyer, Lucinda (2002). "To Be Continued..." Publishers Weekly. Vol. 249, no. 45. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via EBSCOHost.

External links

Official website

[:0-1] Dyer, Lucinda (2002). "To Be Continued..." Publishers Weekly. Vol. 249, no. 45. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via EBSCOHost.

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