Karen Harper

Karen Harper was an American author of historical fiction, mystery, romance and romantic suspense novels. She was the author of the Elizabeth I Mysteries series, Maplecreek Amish Trilogy, Amish Home Valley and Cold Creek series. In past careers, Karen had taught English at Ohio State University, high school literature and writing. She not only loves the midwest (as a lifelong resident of Ohio) and the southeast, she loved to go back into her Scottish and English ancestral roots and set her novels in the Tudor Era. Karen won the Mary Higgins Clark Award in 2005 and her novels have been published in many different languages. She was both a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Karen Harper became a published author in 1982 with the novel Island Ecstasy. Below is a list of Karen Harper’s books in order of when they were originally published: Notes: Mistress Shakespeare was published in the UK as Shakespeare’s Mistress. Mistress of Mourning was published in the UK as The Queen’s Confidante. The Morgan Sisters series, the novels Dawn’s Early Light, Silver Swords, Braden’s Brides, Wild Lily and King’s Man and the collection Historical Christmas Stories, 1991 were written as Caryn Cameron.