About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1963-06-08
Place of birth:
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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Karen Kingsbury

Overview

Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963 in Fairfax, Virginia) is an American Christian novelist. She was a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times and later wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News. Her first book, Missy's Murder (1991), was based on a murder story that she covered in Los Angeles. During this time, she had an article published in People Magazine.

Kingsbury has written or co-written almost 100 novels or short stories, and (as of 2008) has nearly 13 million copies of her novels in print. She is a #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling novelist with the last dozen books published topping bestseller lists. Some of her novels are being developed into movies by The Hallmark Channel, including The Bridge, A Time to Dance (2015), and Maggie's Christmas Miracle (2017). Her Baxter Family series was adapted into a three-season television series by Lightworkers Media and Roma Downey in 2024 on Prime Video.

Known for

Writing

2025 The Christmas Ring Writing Novel N/A
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2024 Someone Like You Writing Screenplay 61
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2024 Someone Like You Writing Novel 61
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2024 The Baxters Writing Book 69
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2023 A Thousand Tomorrows Writing Writer 69
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2017 Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle Writing Novel 59
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2017 Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle Writing Writer 59
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2016 Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance Writing Novel 58
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2016 The Bridge Part 2 Writing Novel 59
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2015 The Bridge Writing Novel 59
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2009 Like Dandelion Dust Writing Novel 59
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1996 Every Woman's Dream Writing Novel 58
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To the Moon and Back Writing Novel N/A
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Production

2025 The Christmas Ring Production Executive Producer N/A
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2024 Someone Like You Production Executive Producer 61
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2024 Someone Like You Production Producer 61
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2024 The Baxters Production Consulting Producer 69
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2017 Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle Production Executive Producer 59
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2016 The Bridge Part 2 Production Executive Producer 59
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2015 The Bridge Production Executive Producer 59
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To the Moon and Back Production Executive Producer N/A
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