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Kathleen Karr


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Kathleen Karr was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and grew up on a chicken farm in Dorothy, New Jersey. After escaping to college, she worked in the film industry, and also taught in high school and college. She seriously began writing fiction on a dare from her husband. After honing her skills in womens fiction, her children asked her to write a book for them, (It Aint Always Easy, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990), and she discovered she loved writing for young readers.
 

Genres: Inspirational, Historical Romance
 
Series
Destiny's Dreamers
   1. Gone West (1993)
   2. The Promised Land (1993)
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Petticoat Party
   1. Go West, Young Women! (1995)
   2. Phoebe's Folly (1996)
   3. Oregon, Sweet Oregon (1998)
   4. Gold Rush Phoebe (1998)
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Novels
   Light of My Heart (1984)
   From This Day Forward (1985)
   It Ain't Always Easy (1990)
   Oh, Those Harper Girls (1992)
   Gideon and the Mummy Professor (1993)
   The Cave (1994)
   In the Kaiser's Clutch (1995)
   Spy in the Sky (1997)
   The Great Turkey Walk (1998)
   The Lighthouse Mermaid (1998)
   Man of the Family (1999)
   Skullduggery (2000)
   The Boxer (2000)
   Playing with Fire (2001)
   Dwight D. Eisenhower (2002)
   Bone Dry (2002)
   The Seventh Knot (2003)
   Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free (2003)
   Exiled (2004)
   Worlds Apart (2005)
   Born for Adventure (2007)
   Fortune's Fool (2008)
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Awards
Rita Awards Best Novel winner (1986) : From This Day Forward
Agatha Award Best Children/Young Adult Fiction winner (2003) : The Seventh Knot


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