Authors whose first name starts with K, page 2 of 13

Kait Nolan writes romance, 90 titles between Forsaken by Shadow (2011) and Carry on Wayward Son (2026). Wishful, the Misfit Inn and Men of the Misfit Inn, Kilted Hearts, Bad Boy Bakers, Rescue My Heart, Special Ops Scots, Gibson Hollow and the Huckleberry Creek series are the groupings. Romance is the only subject tag on the listing.

Kaitlyn Davis writes young adult fantasy across five series: Midnight Fire, Midnight Ice, A Dance of Dragons, Once Upon a Curse and Raven and the Dove. Twenty-eight books are catalogued between 2011 and 2022, at a median of 308 pages, opening with Ignite, Blaze, Scorch and Simmer between 2011 and 2013. A 2014 group brings The Golden Cage, The Shadow Soul, The Silver Key and The Spirit Heir. The Godborn and the King (2022) is the last dated title.

Kaki Warner writes historical western romance, set on ranches and in the towns around them across Colorado and Texas. Three series carry the work: Blood Rose, opening with Pieces of Sky (2009), then Heroes of Heartbreak Creek and the Brides of Rough Creek Texas. Thirteen titles close with Home to Texas (2021), and the catalogue is dormant.

Kal Griffith has published 28 catalogued books since 2023, most of them carrying long descriptive titles. Seven volumes share one name, How I, A Normal High School Student, Went to Royal Academy and Avoided Being Trapped in Hiatus, five of them in 2023 alone. Blade of the Blue Star and its sequel arrived in 2024, and Mage Academy reached an eighth volume by 2026. Imperial Summoner, This Academy Extra, Duke's Unlikely Heir, Second Son of the 34th and Above the Drowning Light are the series on record.

Kalayna Price writes urban fantasy around Alex Craft, a witch and private investigator. The Grave titles make up most of the catalogue: Grave Witch (2010), Grave Dance (2011), Grave Memory (2012), Grave Visions (2016), Grave Ransom (2017), Grave Destiny (2019) and Grave War (2020). Once Bitten (2009) and Twice Dead (2010) open the 9 catalogued books. Magic, witches, vampires, shapeshifting and murder investigation run through the work.

Twenty-three books published between 2015 and 2024 make up Kali Argent's catalogue. Shadow Soldier, Stardust, Timeless, Altered and Mended all carry 2015 dates, and Boundless, Dark Moon Rising, Outlaw and Revolution carry 2016 ones. Six series headings run through the work: City of Hope, Preludes, Pandora, Bodyguard Incorporated, N.I.T.E. and Fang and Fur. The median listed length is 174 pages. Afterlife (2024) is the newest title and the listing remains ongoing.

Kallie George writes picture books and early readers pitched at grades 1-3, most of them about animals. Nine series carry the George name: Duck, Duck, Dinosaur, Heartwood Hotel, Tiny Tails, Magical Animal Adoption Agency, Wings of Olympus, Crimson Twill, Disney Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy, and two Anne sequences - one in picture-book form, one in chapters - built on the character Anne Shirley. George's 44 catalogued books run from The Melancholic Mermaid (2010) to A Brave Beginning (2026).

Kallypso Masters is an erotic romance author with 14 books catalogued from 2012 to 2021. The series listed for Masters are Rescue Me Saga, Rescue Me Saga Extras, Bluegrass Spirits and Raging Fire. Masters at Arms and Nobody's Hero both appeared in 2012. MATTEO: Wild Fire (2021) is the newest title, and no release has followed since.

Kalyn Josephson's catalogue holds 9 books published between 2019 and 2026, filed under children's fiction. Four series are recorded against the name: Storm Crow, Ravenfall, This Dark Descent and Age of Beasts. The Storm Crow (2019) opens the listing and The Library of Amorlin (2026) is the newest entry, with The Crow Rider, Hollowthorn, Our Deadly Designs, Witchwood and Ravenguard in between.

Kalynn Bayron writes fairy tale retellings and sapphic romance, with LGBTQIA themes in the subject tags. Cinderella Is Dead (2020) and This Poison Heart (2021) are among the catalogued titles, followed by The Vanquishers (2022), This Wicked Fate (2022) and You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight (2023). Vanquishers, Six Points of Light and This Poison Heart are the series, and Tell the Ghosts I'm Gone (2026) is the newest title.

Kameron Hurley

85 books• 3 series

Kameron Hurley writes science fiction and fantasy about war, bounty hunters and female assassins, with queer characters throughout. The Bel Dame Apocrypha opens with God's War (2011), and the Worldbreaker Saga begins with The Mirror Empire (2014). Hurley also writes essays, including We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative (2013). The catalogue holds 85 titles dated 2011 to 2026, with a median length of 384 pages.

Kami Garcia

39 books• 9 series

Kami Garcia, born March 25, 1972, is an American writer of young adult fiction and of graphic novels for DC Comics. Beautiful Creatures (2009) opens the catalogue, followed by Beautiful Darkness (2010), Beautiful Chaos (2011) and Beautiful Redemption (2012). Dream Dark (2011) is also listed, and Teen Titans: Together (2026) is the newest title. Series include Dangerous Creatures, Beautiful Creatures: The Untold Stories, Beautiful Creatures Graphic Novels and Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity. Paranormal fiction, psychic ability, demonology, high schools and orphans appear in the subject tags.

Kamila Shamsie

12 books• 2 series

Kamila Shamsie, born 13 August 1973, is a Pakistani and British novelist. Home Fire (2017) is the award-winning novel Shamsie is most widely known for. Granta magazine named Shamsie on its list of 20 best young British writers. Shamsie also broadcasts on radio and writes for publications including Prospect, The Guardian, New Statesman and Index on Censorship. The catalogue holds 12 titles from In the City by the Sea (1998) onward, among them Salt and Saffron (2000), Kartography (2001), Burnt Shadows (2009) and A God in Every Stone (2014). Pakistan, Afghanistan, New York and Islamic fundamentalism appear in the subject records.

Japanese manga artist and illustrator Kamome Shirahama created Witch Hat Atelier, a seinen fantasy manga that reached its 14th volume in 2026. Shirahama's 22 listed books begin with Eniale & Dewiela Vol. 1 (2013), and a spin-off, Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen, started in 2020. Shirahama has drawn variant covers for Marvel and DC, designed characters for the Star Wars: Visions short The Elder in 2021, and illustrated cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Kandi Steiner writes romance, with 46 books catalogued from Tag Chaser (2013) to Love Overboard (2026). Series include Chasers, Palm South University, Kings of the Ice, Red Zone Rivals, Best Kept Secrets and Becker Brothers. Other titles include Black Number Four (2015), A Love Letter to Whiskey (2016), Weightless (2016) and On the Way to You (2017).

Kandice E. Geddes has 34 catalogued books, published between 2020 and 2027. Silver Bells Cottage (2020) opens the listing, Lena Zion Bride is the most recent released title at 2026, and White Christmas Cottage is scheduled for 2027. Swoony Kisses Romcom is the one series recorded for Geddes. Titles across the run include A Healer for Heath, Evading Dr. Hart and Book Boyfriends and Butterfly Kisses (2021), and Annoyingly Hot Bosses and Toe-Curling Kisses (2022). All 34 books are credited to Geddes alone.

Kara Lareau writes humorous children's books for grades 1 to 3. The 26 catalogued titles run from Snowbaby Could Not Sleep (2003) to Full Moon Magic (2026). Lareau's series are the Ratso Brothers, Witchycakes, the Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters and the ZomBert Chronicles. The Infamous Ratsos (2016) and The Infamous Ratsos Are Not Afraid (2017) appear in the list, and rats, sisters and brothers recur as subjects.

Kara Thomas is an American author of young adult novels and a television writer, best known for The Cheerleaders (2018). Seven books are catalogued between 2016 and 2024: The Darkest Corners (2016), Little Monsters (2017), The Cheerleaders, That Weekend (2021), Out of the Ashes (2023), Lost to Dune Road (2024) and The Champions (2024). Murder, missing persons, sisters, friendship and Pennsylvania are the recurring subjects.

Kara West writes the Mia Mayhem books, an early-reader run graded for years one to three. Mia Mayhem is the recurring character the catalogue lists, and the series opens with Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! (2018). Recorded subjects include heroes, flight, friendship, bullying, dogs and cats. Thirteen books are catalogued between 2018 and 2023, ending at Mia Mayhem and the Wild Garden (2023), at a median of 128 pages across the 10 measured.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

18 books• 2 series

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. in 1947, played 20 seasons as a center in the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers and won a record six Most Valuable Player awards. The writing runs to 18 catalogued books, from Giant Steps: The Autobiography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1983) to We All Want to Change the World (2025). History and biography fill most of them: Black Profiles in Courage (1996), Brothers In Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion (2004), On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance (2007) and What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors (2012). Mycroft Holmes (2015) opens a fiction series with Sherlock Holmes among its subject headings, and the Streetball Crew books, among them Sasquatch in the Paint (2013) and Stealing the Game (2015), are fiction as well.

Karelia Stetz-Waters has 11 catalogued books from Dysphoria (2013) to Taste the Love (2025) and writes the Ivers & Wilson and Out in Portland series. Subject headings include lesbians, Portland (Oregon), coming out, gay rights, romantic suspense, thrillers and women sleuths. The Admirer (2013), Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before (2014) and Something True (2015) are early titles, and Second Night Stand (2024) is a recent one. Stetz-Waters is still publishing.

Karen Abbott wrote romance fiction, 37 books published between 2002 and 2013, many of them issued in large print. Summer Island (2002) opens the catalogue and Take Hold of Tomorrow (2013) closes it, with the Ile d'Oleron books the one named series. Inheritance, orphans, stepfamilies, siblings, artists and businesswomen recur as subjects. The 2000s carried most of the output, at a median 192 pages per book.

Karen Anders is an American writer of romance novels. Subject tags on the 24 catalogued books name romantic suspense, contemporary romance and erotic romance, with the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service, bounty hunters, women scientists and nightclub owners among the occupations and settings. The run begins with Jennifer's Outlaw (1997) and ends with Agent Bodyguard (2018), and the two series headings are To Protect and Serve and Undercover Lovers. The median listed length is 256 pages and the catalogue is marked likely complete.

Karen Ann Hopkins writes about Amish communities, in stories for teenagers and in murder mystery. 46 catalogued books run from Temptation (2012) to Dead Quiet (2026). Serenity's Plain Secrets and Possum Gap are the two series, and Lamb to the Slaughter (2014), Whispers from the Dead (2015) and Secrets in the Grave (2015) are among the titles. Love, families and the ties between people fill the subjects, and Hopkins remains actively publishing.

Karen Armstrong

30 books• 7 series

Karen Armstrong, born 14 November 1944, is a British author and commentator on comparative religion and a former Roman Catholic religious sister. While in the convent Armstrong read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and left the order in 1969, moving from a conservative faith to a more liberal and mystical Christianity. The books stress what the major religions share, including compassion and the Golden Rule, and the February 2008 TED Prize of US$100,000 led to the Charter for Compassion, launched the next year. The catalogue holds 30 books from Through the Narrow Gate (1981) to The Story Of God (2022), including Holy War (1988) and A History of God (1993).

Christian historical romance is Karen Barnett's field, with American national parks as recurring ground. Ten catalogued books run from Mistaken (2013) to Through Water and Stone (2025), grouped into the Golden Gate Chronicles, Vintage National Parks, Redwood National Park and Zion National Park series. San Francisco, women artists, sisters and history supply the material.

Murder at Melrose Court (2018) opens Karen Baugh Menuhin's catalogue and the Heathcliff Lennox mysteries with it. Miss Busby Investigates, Alexander Wolfe and the Montrose Valley Romance books form the other series, and 32 catalogued titles reach Christmas at The Manor in 2026. A Ghost in Gold is scheduled for 2027.

Karen Brooks is an Australian author, columnist, social commentator and academic. Brooks writes fantasy for children and young adults as Karen Brooks and as Karen R. Brooks, and has also published short stories and non-fiction. After finishing The Curse of the Bond Riders fantasy trilogy, Brooks turned to standalone novels. Later titles include The Locksmith's Daughter (2016) and The Chocolate Maker's Wife (2019). The 15 catalogued books start with It's Time, Cassandra Klein (2001) and reach The Extraordinary Florence Stoker (2026).

Karen Campbell

8 books• 1 series

Karen Campbell, born in Paisley in 1967, is a Scottish novelist. Anna Cameron, a policewoman, carries Campbell's crime series, which begins with The Twilight Time (2008) and continues in After the Fire (2009), Shadowplay (2009) and Proof of Life (2011). Four later novels sit outside that series: This Is Where I Am (2013), Rise (2015), The Sound of the Hours (2019) and Paper Cup (2022). Eight books are catalogued in all, and Campbell was shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year in 2025.

Karen Chance is an American fantasy novelist. Chance grew up in Orlando, Florida, has lived in France, Great Britain, Hong Kong and New Orleans, taught history there, and has written full time since 2008. The Cassie Palmer books follow a clairvoyant who becomes the Pythia, chief seer of the supernatural world; Midnight's Daughter (2008) opens a spin-off from that sequence, and Dorina Basarab and Lia de Croissets are the other series. Forty-eight catalogued titles run from Touch the Dark (2006) to Rogue Elements (2026), at a median 418 pages. Vampires, clairvoyants and the occult recur as subjects.

Historical crime is Karen Charlton's field, with London among the settings and murder investigation the standing subject. The Detective Lavender Mysteries are the main sequence, joined by the York Ladies' Detective Agency Mysteries and Regency Reivers. Eighteen books are catalogued from Catching the Eagle (2011) to The Poisoned Quill (2025), among them The Missing Heiress (2012), The Sans Pareil Mystery (2015), The Sculthorpe Murder (2016) and Murder in Park Lane (2019).

Karen Clarke's series are Beachside Bay, Seashell Cove and Little French Café. The Beachside titles include The Beachside Christmas, The Beachside Flower Stall and The Beachside Sweet Shop, all from 2017, and The Bakery at Seashell Cove appeared in 2018. Earlier titles include My Future Husband (2012) and Put a Spell on You (2015), and My Best Friend's Secret (2023) is the latest of 22 catalogued books.

Karen Cleveland writes espionage thrillers built around the American intelligence services. Four books are catalogued, published between 2018 and 2022: Need To Know (2018), Keep You Close (2019), You Can Run (2021) and The New Neighbor (2022). The subject headings name the Central Intelligence Agency, Russians and psychological suspense. The novels run to about 350 pages each. Nothing has followed The New Neighbor, and the catalogue is dormant.

Karen Dionne is an American writer of psychological suspense. The Marsh King's Daughter (2017) sold into 25 languages, was named one of the year's best thrillers by Library Journal, took Suspense Magazine's Crimson Scribe award, and was filmed in 2023 by Neil Burger with Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn and Garrett Hedlund. Dionne's earlier thrillers, Freezing Point (2008) and Boiling Point (2010), turn on ice, water and volcanoes. Five titles end at The Wicked Sister (2020).

Karen Dukess has two catalogued books. The Last Book Party appeared in 2019 and Welcome to Murder Week in 2025. Those two titles span the catalogue, 2019 to 2025, and Dukess is still publishing.

Karen English writes children's fiction, and library subjects for the books include African Americans, schools, friendship and family life. The 26 catalogued books run from 1996, when Big Wind Coming! and Neeny Coming, Neeny Going appeared, to Red Shoes (2020). English's two series are Nikki and Deja and Carver Chronicles. Other titles include Nadia's Hands (1999) and Hot Day on Abbott Avenue (2004). The catalogue is listed as likely complete.

Karen Fenech writes romance and suspense. Subjects catalogued across the 18 books include the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its officials and employees, murder, investigation, missing persons, sisters and man-woman relationships; historical fiction also appears among them. The listing opens at Unholy Angels (2004) and reaches Trapped (2022), taking in Gone (2009), Imposter (2011), Snowbound (2011) and Pursued (2012). No new title has been catalogued since 2022.

Twenty books stand under Karen Frances, published between 2015 and 2022. Three series are catalogued to the name: A Beautiful Game, Enemies of the City and Scripted. The listing opens with Captured my Heart (2015) and reaches Queen of Independence (2022), taking in Family Ties (2015), Moving On (2017) and Playing to Win (2017) along the way. Titles arrived at a steady pace through the 2010s, and the catalogue has recorded nothing new since 2022.

Karen Hamilton writes psychological thrillers. Four catalogued books make up the run: The Perfect Girlfriend in 2018, The Last Wife in 2020, The Ex-Husband in 2022 and The Contest in 2023. Nothing has appeared since, and the catalogue is recorded as dormant.

Karen Harper wrote historical fiction, romantic suspense and Amish-set novels. The catalogue holds 72 books, from Island Ecstasy (1982) to The Queen's Secret (2020), taking in The Last Boleyn (1983) and The First Princess of Wales (1984). The Elizabeth I Mysteries, the South Shores books, the Amish Home Valley and Maplecreek trilogies, and the Morgan Sisters series written as Caryn Cameron organise much of it.

Karen Hawkins is an American author of historical romance, born in Tennessee, and humour is a noted feature of the novels. The catalogue holds 41 books from The Abduction of Julia (2000) to The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams (2024). Series include the MacLean Curse, the Hurst Amulet, the Oxenburg Princes, the Duchess Diaries, the Talisman Ring and Dove Pond. Scotland, Great Britain, the nobility and social manners recur among the recorded subjects.

Karen S. Hesse, born August 29, 1952, is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often set in the past. Out of the Dust (1997) took the Newbery Medal. The catalogue lists 26 books from Wish on a Unicorn (1991) to Granny and Bean (2022), among them Letters from Rifka (1992), Phoenix Rising (1994), A Time of Angels (1995) and The Music of Dolphins (1996). Subjects name children's fiction, family life, diaries, sisters and cousins. The books run to a median of 161 pages, and the catalogue marks the run dormant.

Karen Joy Fowler

16 books• 2 series

Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy and literary fiction whose work often centers on the nineteenth century, women's lives and social alienation. The Jane Austen Book Club (2004) is Fowler's best-known novel and became a film with the same title. Artificial Things (1986) is the earliest book in the catalogue, and Sarah Canary (1991), The Sweetheart Season (1996), Black Glass (1998) and Sister Noon (2001) follow. Booth (2022) is the newest published title, and Otter Music is scheduled for 2027.

The Minerva Clark Mystery titles, beginning with Minerva Clark Gets a Clue (2005), sit in Karen Karbo's catalogue beside novels, memoir and biography. Karbo writes fiction and non-fiction and works as a journalist. The New York Times chose each of Karbo's three comic novels, Trespassers Welcome Here among them, as a Notable Book. Between 2007 and 2013 Karbo produced the Kick Ass Women guides, blending biography and self-help around figures such as Coco Chanel, Julia Child, Georgia O'Keeffe and Katharine Hepburn. In Praise of Difficult Women came out in 2018.

Karen Kelley is a US nurse and author who began publishing romance in the early 1990s. The catalogue holds 54 books from Her Angel (1992) to Dark Illusions (2023), with paranormal and fantasy romance, human-alien encounters, shapeshifting and erotica among the recorded subjects. Series under Kelley's name include Planet Nerak, Princes of Symtaria, Warrior Breed, Sisters Bound By Blood, Bachelor and It's a Southern Thing. No further title is scheduled.

Karen Kijewski is an American mystery writer, born in 1943, known for the Kat Colorado series. Katwalk (1988) opens 9 books that end with Stray Kat Waltz (1998), every title a play on the detective's name: Copy Kat (1990), Kat's Cradle (1992), Wild Kat (1994), Honky Tonk Kat (1996). Kat Colorado is a private investigator working in Sacramento, and country music, hard-boiled crime and abused wives run through the subjects.

Karen King writes for children and, more recently, for adults. Fifty-eight books are catalogued from Christmas Fun (1989) to The Foster Child (2026), most of them short, at a median of 40 pages. Unicorns, mermaids, fairy tales, humour and Bible stories fill the children's titles, and the Amy Carter Mysteries are the one named series.

Karen Kingsbury is an American Christian novelist, born in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 8, 1963. Kingsbury worked as a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times and later wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News. Missy's Murder (1991), Kingsbury's first book, grew out of a murder story covered as a reporter in Los Angeles. Kingsbury is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist. The catalogue holds 115 titles, running to The Christmas Ring (2025), and the series include Firstborn, Sunrise, Above the Line, Bailey Flanigan, Red Gloves and Forever Faithful. Christian fiction and family life recur among the subjects.

Karen Lenfestey has 12 books catalogued between 2010 and 2024. A Sister's Promise (2010) is the first title, followed by What Happiness Looks Like (2011). Made for Two and On the Verge came out in 2012, and A Weekend Getaway and Next Door Secrets in 2014. A Mother's Conviction (2015) and Unexpected (2017) appear later. A Season of Change (2024) is the newest, and Lenfestey is still publishing.

Karen M. McManus

8 books• 2 series

Karen M. McManus writes young adult thrillers about murder, missing persons and the pressure inside schools. One of Us Is Lying (2017) opens the One of Us series, continued in One of Us Is Next and One of Us Is Back, and the standalones include The Cousins, You'll Be the Death of Me and Nothing More to Tell. Eight books reach Such Charming Liars in 2024.

Karen MacInerney is an American novelist with several series to date. Three are cozy mysteries: one about a bed and breakfast owner on an island off Maine, one about a homesteader in rural Texas, and one about a bookseller on the Maine coast. A humorous paranormal series follows an accountant trying to ignore an inherited werewolf gene, and a comic mystery series follows a suburban mother who turns private investigator. MacInerney graduated from Plano Senior High School and Rice University and lives in Austin, Texas. The catalogue lists 44 books from Murder on the Rocks (2006) to Rigged for Murder (2026), with series including Gray Whale Inn Mystery, Dewberry Farm Mystery and Snug Harbor Mysteries.

Karen Maitland writes medieval thrillers. Ten titles make up the catalogue: The White Room came from Yorkshire Art Circus in 1996, Company of Liars from Delacorte Press in 2008, The Owl Killers from Michael Joseph in 2009, and The Gallows Curse from Penguin Books in March 2011, with The Falcons of Fire and Ice (2012), The Vanishing Witch (2014), The Raven's Head (2015) and The Plague Charmer (2016) after them. The Black Death, travellers, gallows and fortune-telling by runes supply the material. Maitland holds an honours degree in human communication and a doctorate in psycholinguistics, and has co-written titles in the Medieval Murderers series with Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Susanna Gregory and Philip Gooden.

Karen Marie Moning

23 books• 4 series

Scotland and time travel drive the first half of Karen Marie Moning's work, in the Highlander romances that begin with Beyond the Highland Mist (1999) and run through Kiss of the Highlander, The Dark Highlander and The Immortal Highlander. MacKayla Lane carries the Fever series, urban fantasy about fae loose in the modern world. Watch Hill follows. Twenty-seven titles make up the catalogue, at a median of 464 pages.

Karen McQuestion

29 books• 1 series

Karen McQuestion is an American novelist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 16, 1961, who writes for adults, teens and children. Humour or suspense runs through most McQuestion books, which have sold over a million copies, with translation rights sold in Germany, Turkey, South Korea and Poland. After 30,000 self-published sales, McQuestion signed with AmazonEncore, which re-released A Scattered Life. The catalogue lists 29 books from Easily Amused (2009) to The Tip-Off (2026), including the Edgewood series. McQuestion lives in Hartland, Wisconsin.

Karen Odden writes detective and mystery fiction, with romantic suspense among the subjects the catalogue assigns. Six titles are listed, from A Lady in the Smoke (2016) through A Dangerous Duet (2018), A Trace of Deceit (2019), Down a Dark River (2021) and Under a Veiled Moon (2022) to An Artful Dodge in 2026. Inspector Corravan is the one series named. Murder, women pianists and questions of passing and identity appear in the subject list, and the books run long, at a median of 400 pages.

Karen Perry writes psychological thrillers, most of them set in Dublin. 9 catalogued books run from 2014, when both The Boy That Never Was and The Innocent Sleep appeared, to The Worst Thing You Ever Did (2023). Only We Know (2015), Girl Unknown (2016), Can You Keep a Secret? (2017), Your Closest Friend (2018) and Come a Little Closer (2019) fill the years between, and The Stranger is listed as The Guest as well (2021). Missing children, family secrets, revenge and marriage run through the subjects. No new title has appeared since 2023.

Karen Ranney (February 5, 1963 - June 15, 2020) wrote historical and paranormal romance. The 59 catalogued books run from Tapestry (1995) to The Wizard (2020), with Scotland, the nobility, widows and social life and customs among the recorded subjects. Series in the listing include the Highland Lords, Clan Sinclair, the Montgomery Chronicles, the MacIain books, the Duke Trilogy and the Murder Club Murders.

Karen Robards has written historical romance, contemporary romance and romantic suspense across 56 catalogued books. Island Flame (1981) opens the list, followed by Sea Fire (1982), Forbidden Love (1983), Amanda Rose (1984), Dark Torment (1985) and To Love a Man (1985). Dr. Charlotte Stone, the Banning Sisters and Jessica Ford head series inside a catalogue otherwise made of standalone novels. The Moonlight Runner is the newest title, and Robards remains actively publishing.

Karen Rock writes contemporary romance, with western, suspense and science fiction strands recorded alongside it. Seventeen books span 2013 to 2019, from Wish Me Tomorrow (2013) to A Rancher To Remember (2019). Catalogued subjects include man-woman relationships, farmers, parents of autistic children and Alaska. Two series belong to Rock: Rocky Mountain Cowboys and Dallas after Dark. Titles include His Hometown Girl (2014), His Kind of Cowgirl (2016) and Christmas at Cade Ranch (2017).

Karen Rose writes romantic suspense and has won a RITA Award. Born Karen Rose Hafer in Baltimore and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., Rose took a chemical engineering degree at the University of Maryland and worked as a chemical engineer with two patents before writing fiction. The catalogue holds 37 books from Don't Tell (2003) to Family Lies (2026), organised into city-named sequences: Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia/Atlanta, Sacramento, Minneapolis, St. Petersburg and San Diego Case Files. Subjects include murder, serial murders, arson investigation and police procedure.