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Karen Young
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Karen Young

Karen Young is the author of thirty-four novels with more than ten million copies in print. Her many awards include the RITA from Romance Writers of America and both the Career Achievement and Reviewer’s Choice awards from Romantic Times magazine. She is a frequent public speaker and a teacher of the craft of writing. Currently, she resides in Houston, Texas.

January 7, 2009
I'm convinced that I didn't choose a career as a writer; it chose me.  After numerous long distance moves necessitated by...
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Blood Bayou is now available in Trade Paperback
May 05, 2009
Blood Bayou will be released on May 05, 2009 in Trade Paperback
May 05, 2009
Blood Bayou is now available in Trade Paperback
May 05, 2009
Blood Bayou will be released on May 05, 2009 in eBook
May 05, 2009
Blood Bayou is now available in eBook
May 05, 2009
Excerpt:
Prologue from Blood Bayou
Mar 28, 2009
Author Voices:
Essay on Writing
Jan 09, 2009
Blood Bayou will be released on May 05, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Dec 19, 2008

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Examiner.com, August 1, 2009
...fiction with ?real? characters, it also refuses to be heavy-handed in its proselytizing. Both Gist and mystery writer Karen Young are more interested in telling stories that people can relate to than they are in presenting a gospel message. Yet,...
Houston Chronicle, July 10, 2009
...Houston author Karen Young will sign her 35th novel at Sugar Lands Barnes & Noble, 2545 Town Center Blvd., at 1 p.m. July 11. After writing mainstream womens fiction, Young has begun...
East Devon Midweek Herald, June 24, 2009
...all about space. To The Moon is the first in a series of books to be published by Karen Young. The former teaching assistant says she got the idea for the story while reading to boys. She felt there was a gap in the market for a story that...
Devon 24, June 24, 2009
...all about space. To The Moon is the first in a series of books to be published by Karen Young. The former teaching assistant says she got the idea for the story while reading to boys. She felt there was a gap in the market for a story that...
Houston Chronicle, June 2, 2009
...Its been 28 years since Pearlands Karen Young published her first book. That Harlequin romance, Yesterdays Promise The only thing that has changed for her during her writing career is the genre. Her newest books are not...
A Peek At My Bookshelf, May 19, 2009
...Brandilyn Collins, then toss in the Southern flavor of Charles Martin? Easy...you get the stupendous talent of Karen Young and her new novel, "Blood Bayou"! Over 400 pages in length, Karen's tale keeps you gripped and guessing until the very last page....
WORD up!, May 13, 2009
...You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Karen Young and the book: Blood Bayou Howard Books (May 5, 2009) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Karen Young is the author of thirty-four novels with more than ten million copies in print...