Karen Rose Smith
Karen Rose Smith has sold forty-five books since 1991. She has won New Jersey's Golden Leaf Award in Short Contemporary Romance. Named a finalist in the National Readers' Choice Awards, she also has been nominated for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for best Silhouette Romance. Her romances have made both the USA TODAY list and the Waldenbooks Bestseller list for Series Romance.
Karen Rose has published with Silhouette Romance and Special Edition, as well as with Meteor/Kismet and Kensington's Precious Gems. A past president of the Central PA Romance Writers, she has given workshops to neighboring chapters and at national conferences. A graduate of Shippensburg University in PA with a BS in English and French secondary education, she earned graduate credits in both English and Counseling. Formerly an English teacher and home decorator, she began writing romances when back surgery interrupted her lifestyle. Karen Rose lives in Pennsylvania with her husband of thirty- one years.
