Karen Ranney

Infobox Writer


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birthplace = Albuquerque, NM
nationality = American flagicon|USA
occupation = Novelist
period = 1995 – present
genre = romance
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debut_works = "Tapestry"
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website = http://www.karenranney.com/
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Karen Ranney is an American author of historical romance novels.

Biography

Karen Ranney is the daughter of an Air Force officer and lived in places around the world, including Naples and Paris.cite web|last=Ranney|first=Karen|date=2007|title=Karen Ranney|publisher=KarenRanney.com|url=http://www.karenranney.com/author.htm|accessdate=2007-07-16] She began writing when she was five. In first grade, she wrote a short story called "The Maple Leaf," which was chosen to be read over the school intercom.cite web|title=Karen Ranney|publisher=FantasticFiction|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/karen-ranney/|accessdate=2007-07-16]

After writing her first novel, "Above All Others", Ranney found an agent. While her agent was trying to find a publisher willing to purchase the novel, Ranney continued writing, finishing "Tapestry" and beginning to write a third novel, "A Promise of Love." Approximately three years after she had begun writing the first novel, Kensington agreed to purchase both of Ranney's completed works as well as the novel in progress.cite web|title=Interview with Karen Ranney|date=December 2006|publisher=A Romance Review|first=Debbie|url=http://www.aromancereview.com/interviews/karenranney.phtml|accessdate=2007-07-16]

Most of Ranney's novels are set in Scotland and feature "believable characters, careful plotting, and simmering sexual tension." [cite web|title=Book Review:When the Laird Returns|last=Robin|first=Kathe|publisher=Romantic Times|date=2002|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=15712|accessdate=2007-07-16] She has been nominated nine times for a "Romantic Times" Reviewer's Choice Award and won a "Romantic Times" Career Achievement Award in 2002 for British-set Historical Romance . [cite web|title=Author Profile:Karen Ranney|date=2007|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=3170|accessdate=2007-07-16] [cite web|publisher=Romantic Times|title=Romantic Times 2002 Career Achievement Award winners|date=2002|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2002&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-07-16]

Ranney has also been on the USA Today Bestseller List as well as the New York Times Bestseller List.

Ranney lives in Texas.

Works

Loved Series

* "My Beloved" (1999)
* "My True Love" (2000)

Highland Lords Series

* "One Man's Love" (2001)
* "When the Laird Returns" (2002)
* "The Irresistible MacRae" (2002)
* "To Love a Scottish Lord" (2003)
* "So in Love" (2004)

Novels

* "Tapestry" (1995)
* "Above All Others" (1996)
* "A Promise of Love" (1997)
* "My Wicked Fantasy" (1998)
* "Heaven Forbids" (1998)
* "Upon a Wicked Time" (1998)
* "After the Kiss" (2000)
* "Till Next We Meet" (2005)
* "Autumn in Scotland" (2006)
* "An Unlikely Governess" (2006)
* "The Scottish Companion" (2007)
* "The Devil Wears Tartan" (2008)

Omnibus

* "Angel Love" (1996) (with Janice Bennett, Mallory Burgess, Elizabeth Graham, Constance Laux, Patricia McAllister, Doreen Owens Malek and John Scognamiglio)
* "After Midnight" (1998) (with Colleen Faulkner, Carol Finch)
* "Scottish Brides" (1999) (with Christina Dodd, Stephanie Laurens, Julia Quinn)

See also

* List of romantic novelists

References

External links

* [http://www.karenranney.com/ Karen Ranney Official Website]