Karen Harper
<p><em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author KAREN HARPER is a former Ohio State University instructor and high school English teacher. Published since 1982, she writes contemporary suspense and historical novels about real British women. Two of her recent Tudor-era books were bestsellers in the UK and Russia. Harper won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for <em>Dark Angel</em>, and her novel <em>Shattered Secrets</em> was judged one of the best books of the year by <em>Suspense Magazine</em>.</p>