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Karen Kingsbury

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 1531415

IMDb ID: nm0455481

Known for: Writing

Born: June 8, 1963

Age: 63

Place of birth: Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1996 - 2025

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.49

Wikidata: Q4567381

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Novel (7)Executive Producer (2)Book (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963 in Fairfax, Virginia) is an American Christian novelist. She was a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times and later wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News. Her first book, Missy's Murder (1991), was based on a murder story that she covered in Los Angeles. During this time, she had an article published in People Magazine. Kingsbury has written or co-written almost 100 novels or short stories, and (as of 2008) has nearly 13 million copies of her novels in print. She is a #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling novelist with the last dozen books published topping bestseller lists. Some of her novels are being developed into movies by The Hallmark Channel, including The Bridge, A Time to Dance (2015), and Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017). Her Baxter Family series was adapted into a three-season television series by Lightworkers Media and Roma Downey in 2024 on Prime Video.

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