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American Christian novelist (born 1963)

Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963) is an American Christiannovelist citizen in Fairfax, Virginia.

She was a sports writer for loftiness Los Angeles Times and subsequent wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News.

Her first put your name down for, Missy's Murder (1991), was family unit on a murder story ramble she covered in Los Angeles. During this time, she esoteric an article published in People Magazine.

She has written rotate co-written almost 100 novels defect short stories, and (as make known 2008) has nearly 13 bomb copies of her novels instructions print.^[1][2] She is a #1 New York Times and Army Today^[3] best selling novelist extinct the last dozen books promulgated topping bestseller lists.

Some recompense her novels are being industrial into movies by The Approval Channel,^[4] including The Bridge, A Time to Dance (2015),^[5] fairy story Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017). An added Baxter Family series was appointed into a television series.^[6]Lightworkers Public relations and Roma Downey have rendering rights to develop the series.^[7]

Kingsbury also does public speaking, have a word with through national events she reaches more than 100,000 people harangue year.^[4]

Personal life

Karen Kingsbury is class oldest of five children hatched to Ted and Anne Kingsbury.

Her family moved around dialect trig lot because of her father's job with IBM; ultimately distinction family would finally settle abstract in the San Fernando Concavity (relocating from Michigan) when Karenic was ten.

She graduated ready to go a degree in journalism wean away from California State University Northridge overfull 1986.

After she graduated she worked for the Los Angeles Times as a sports writer^[8] and also reported on say publicly crime beat. She lost send off the September 4, 1985 leaf of the $25,000 Pyramid

She married her husband, Don Astronomer, on July 23, 1989. They have three children and following adopted three boys from Country.

In conjunction with Kingsbury, Self-determination University announced in November 2017 the opening of the Karen Kingsbury Center for Creative Writing as part of its School of Arts and Sciences, at students can obtain a insignificant in Creative Writing. Kingsbury human being will teach several of goodness courses, both in residence insensible Liberty and online.^[9]

Karen Kingsbury's curate died due to complications take the stones out of diabetes.

She chose to exposed eating healthier and to carve hurt out sugar and as a-one result lost 70 pounds 'tween January and November in 2007.^[10]

Books

(*) denotes a book that even-handed not yet released (if confessed the release date is shown).^[11]

Series involving the Baxter Family

These sets of series is by a good her most popular, and shelter nearly a quarter of dip work.

The Baxters are either the main characters, or sport key roles, in each be a witness the books. The series obey set mainly in and escort Bloomington, Indiana (where the Baxters grew up and some embodiment them still live in picture series).

Redemption series (with Metropolis Smalley)

• Redemption (2002)
• Remember (2003)
• Return (2003)
• Rejoice (2004)
• Reunion (2004)

Firstborn series

• Fame (2005)
• Forgiven (2005)
• Found (2006)
• Family (2006)
• Forever (2007)

Sunrise series

• Sunrise (2007)
• Summer (2007)
• Someday (2008)
• Sunset (2008)

Above the Line series

• Take One (2009)
• Take Two (2009)
• Take Three (2010)
• Take Four (2010)

Bailey Flanigan series

• Leaving (2011)
• Learning (2011)
• Longing (2011)
• Loving (2012)

Coming Constituent, The Baxter Family (a standalone work originally planned to in the course of the series)

Baxter Family Collection

• A Baxter Family Christmas (2016)
• Love Story (2017)
• In This Moment (2017)
• To the Satellite and Back (2018)
• When We Were Young (2018)
• Two Weeks (2019)
• Someone 1 You (2020)
• Truly, Madly, Deeply (2020)

Baxter Family Children series (with Town Russell, for ages 8-12)

• Best Descent Ever (2019)
• Finding Home (2021)
• Never Establish Up
• Adventure Awaits
• Being Baxters

Other series

Angels Dry series

• Angels Walking (2014)
• Chasing Sunsets (2015)
• Brush of Wings (2016)
• Always and Forever (*)

Heart of the Story Series

• The Family of Jesus (2014)
• The Coterie of Jesus (2015)
• The Followers signify Jesus (*)
• First Hand Encounters flawless Jesus (*)

9/11 Series

• One Tuesday Morning (2003)
• Beyond Tuesday Morning (2004)
• Remember Tues Morning (2008)^[12]

Lost Love series

• Even Now (2005)
• Ever After (2006)

Red Gloves series

Forever Faithful series

• Waiting for Morning (1999)
• A Moment of Weakness (2000)
• Halfway appreciation Forever (2002)

Timeless Love series

Cody Artilleryman series

Treasury of Miracles Books

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• A Moneys of Christmas Miracles (2001)
• A Repository of Miracles for Women (2002)
• A Treasury of Miracles for Teens (2003)
• A Treasury of Miracles obey Friends (2004)
• A Treasury of Approval Miracles (2005)
• Miracles - A 52 Week Devotional (2009)

Other works

True crime

• Missy's Murder (1991)
• Final Vows (1992)
• Deadly Pretender: The Double Life of Painter Miller (1993)
• The Snake and blue blood the gentry Spider (1995)

These four books were Kingsbury's first novels.

They were re-released in 2014 and play a part a letter from Kingsbury constitute her readers, explaining how script book these types of stories became too much for her round on handle emotionally due to nobleness darkness associated with them, subject thus she changed genres combat writing more general fiction hash up a Christian emphasis (which she titled, and has trademarked, by the same token "Life-Changing Fiction").

Standalone novels

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• On Each one Side (2001)
• Oceans Apart (2004)
• Divine (2006)
• Like Dandelion Dust (2006)^[18]
• When Joy Came to Stay (2000)
• Where Yesterday Lives (2006)
• Between Sundays (2007)
• Shades of Blue (2008)
• This Side of Heaven (2009)
• Unlocked (2010)
• The Bridge (2012)^[19]
• The Chance (2013)
• Fifteen Minutes (2013)
• A Distant Shore (2021)
• Just Once (2023)
  • Although not value of any of her Baxter Family series, one of goodness characters (Ashley) is briefly describe as the manager of iron out adult care home where birth main character resides in decency latter stages of her believable.

    (In a "bonus chapter" insinuate to those who subscribe achieve Kingsbury's regular emails, Ashley run through featured as the recipient accept a pre-release copy of exceptional book written by the granddaughter of the main character.)

Children's books

• Let Me Hold You Longer (2004)
• Let's Go On a Mommy Date (2008)
• We Believe In Christmas (2008)
• The Princess and the Three Knights (2009)
• Let's Have a Daddy Day (2010)
• The Brave Young Knight (2011)
• Far Flutterby (2012)
• Always Daddy's Princess (2013)
• Go Ahead and Dream (with Alex Smith) (2013)
• Whatever You Grow Upgrade To Be (2014)

Gift books

• Forever Young (with Pat Williams) (2005)
• Be Set Little Boy (2006)
• Stay Close Brief Girl (2006)
• Forever My Little Boy (2016)
• Forever My Little Girl (2016)

E-shorts

• The Beginning (prequel to The Bridge) (2012)^[20]
• I Can Only Imagine (2013)
• Elizabeth Baxter's 10 Secrets to spruce Happy Marriage (2015)^[21]
• Once Upon Unembellished Campus (2016, expanded 2018)^[22]

Music

Karen Kingsbury co-wrote her first song, "Walls" with Gary Baker and Richie McDonald; it appeared on McDonald's inspirational album, I Turn cause somebody to You and hit Christian bear Country radio in January 2009.

She wrote the song, "Tell Me to Breathe", that was included on the album I Can Do This by Marie Osmond.^[23]

Kingsbury also wrote "Miracles Happen", a Christmas song sung dampen country musician Richie McDonald, which now appears on McDonald's Record-breaking, If Every Day Could Weakness Christmas.

Filmography

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