Karen Harper
http://www.karenharperauthor.com
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
Don divide their time between the midwest and the southeast,
both locations she has used in her books. 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 Tudor-era mysteries and her
historical novels about real and dynamic British women.
Karen's books have been published in many foreign languages
and she won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for 2005. Karen has
given numerous talks to readers and writers across the county.
Her author collection is with The Ohio State University Rare
Books and Manuscript Library.
Photo of Karen Harper by Jeffrey A. Rycus
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Books
The Irish Princess
February 1, 2011
A grand-scale historical novel from the national
bestselling author of Mistress Shakespeare.
Born into a first family of Ireland, with royal ties on both
sides, Elizabeth Fitzgerald—known as Gera—finds
her world overturned when Read more...
Mistress Shakespeare
January 5, 2010
A bold and intriguing novel about the woman who was
William Shakespeare's secret wife, by the national
bestselling author.
As historical records show, Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton
was betrothed to William Shakespeare Read more...
Mistress Shakespeare
February 5, 2009
A bold and intriguing novel about the woman who was
William Shakespeare's secret wife, by the national
bestselling author.
As historical records show, Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton
was betrothed to William Shakespeare just Read more...
More Than Words Volume 3
October 1, 2006
Five bestselling authors Five real-life heroines:
Homecoming Season by Susan Wiggs,
Find The Way by Karen Harper,
Here Come The Heroes by Kasey Michaels,
Touched By Love by Catherine Mann,
A Stitch In Time Read more...
The Fatal Fashione
December 27, 2005
In the eighth installment of Karen Harper's highly
respected Elizabeth I mystery series, the lucrative
invention of starch takes the English fashion world by
storm. This commodity, vital to making Read more...
Dark Angel
June 1, 2005
Well-researched and rich in detail, this addictive follow-up
to 2004's Dark Harvest transports readers back to the
peaceful Amish community in rural Maplecreek, Ohio. Young
spinster schoolteacher Leah Kurtz becomes involved in a
conflict Read more...
The Fyre Mirror
February 15, 2005
Elizabethan England comes alive as its young queen
struggles to stop a serial killer who uses fire as a
weapon. From commoner to courtier, from the delights of
rural England Read more...
Dark Harvest
June 1, 2004
Widower Luke Brand is a leader in the peaceful Amish
community of Maplecreek. But now his people are under
attack from unknown assailants—and the main target
appears to be the Read more...
The Queene's Christmas: An Elizabeth I Mystery
October 4, 2003
The Falls
June 1, 2003
DON'T LOOK DOWN . . .
Early one morning Claire Malvern awakes to an empty bed --
and her husband missing. There is no trace of Keith
Malvern -- only Read more...
The Thorne Maze
February 1, 2003
The Stone Forest
May 1, 2002
Stone County, Indiana -- a stunning landscape of rock
quarries, caves and underground rivers -- is a place of
unique beauty . . . and a place marked by an Read more...
The Queen's Cure
March 26, 2002
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