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Spotlight on Karen Kingsbury
While love, forgiveness, loss, redemption, and, of course, God are dominant themes in her writing, Karen Kingsbury’s work can’t be pigeonholed as Christian fiction. “It is important to me that people not of the Christian faith read my work,” Kingsbury says. “When I hear that more than half of my readers are not Christian believers, I smile. It tells me that I’m writing strong fiction, stories that connect with the heart. That’s my goal.”
It’s also why there are more than 25 million copies of Kingsbury’s 80-plus books in print. She’s a virtuosic chronicler of some of the most universal subjects: the trials of complicated individuals and families.
Kingsbury’s latest novel, Love Story, about lost love and its multigenerational effects,
is the 25th book in the author’s bestselling Baxter Family series, which chronicles the lives of John and Elizabeth Baxter and their six adult children. It’s an epic drama that proves the strength of
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Karen Kingsbury: The Queen of Christian Fiction Tells Her Story
CBN.com Karen was raised in a denominational faith, which gave her a strong belief in God and an ear to His calling. But she did not have a relationship with Christ until she met Don, the man she would eventually marry.
She met Don at a local health club in Southern California. Right away she recognized that Don was a clean-cut guy that wasn’t into drugs or drinking and was in the process of trying to learn as much as he could about God.
Don suggested a date with a kicker, "Can I bring my Bible? Maybe we could read it before the movie?”
Karen found that request rather strange. She had never even opened a Bible before, but agreed to his unusual request. That night, Don wanted to read Philippians. She could tell his Bible was very important to him. For the next three months, Don was constantly bringing up the Bible as a source of discussion and debate.
"There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible,” Karen says. "I understand now that God was convicting me, trying to open my ears to the imp
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Karen Kingsbury
American Christian novelist (born 1963)
Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963) is an American Christiannovelist born in Fairfax, Virginia.
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.
She 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.[1][2] She is a #1 New York Times and USA Today[3] 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,[4] including The Bridge, A Time to Dance (2015),[5] and Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017). Her Baxter Family series was adapted into a television series.[6]Lightworkers Media and Roma Downey have the rights to develop the series.[7]
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