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~reviewer Dawn Myers
"Karen Wiesner composes excellent well-written drama that keeps the reader on the edge-of-the-seat, spellbound. She never disappoints and every story is cleverly constructed. The way she pens these realistic characters makes for an extraordinary read. She puts the reader in the center of the action with all the riveting moments of suspense, jeopardy and heartwarming romance that reaches out and touches the reader. I love the way she spins her stories and characters, leaving the audience quite satisfied. She is so skilled in her talent that I always look forward to reading her stories."
~Linda L., reviewer for The Romance Studio
"If you're seeking a suspenseful story which throws you into the heart of the matter from the first sentence, and keeps you turning the pages long after your disbelief is suspended and you've forgotten you are reading the story, not living it, then pick up a Karen Wiesner book! Karen is an author who has a seemingly unlimited imagination for character and plot, and I plan to read everything she writes. Thankfully she is quite prolific. This is an author never to be missed that I can consistently recommend. May she continue with her writing career for many decades to come!"
~reviewer Annie for eCataromance and EuroReviews
"Karen Wiesner seems to keep getting better and better. The author and I seem to be in complete sync." ~reviewer Dee Dailey for The Romance Studio
"Karen Wiesner gets inside the minds of her audience. She's a sure shot to entertain her audience. As always she writes must-read for fans that will enhance her deserved reputation as one of the sub-genre's consistent best. Newcomers will want to read the previous saga as these are some of the best novels around."
~reviewer Harriet Klausner
"[This] author seems to get better with each tale she writes. Karen Wiesner has one of the most fertile imaginations I have ever seen."
~reviewer Detra Fitch
"Karen Wiesner, the new voice of women's fiction, proves yet again that she's a top-notch storyteller. No one explores the complexities of relationships and the yearnings of woman's heart better than she does. I've never seen a writer more adept at capturing the emotional complexities of the human experience. Her love stories are bold, fearless, and unforgettable. The world of women's fiction is a better place because Ms. Wiesner is in it."
~author Michele Bardsley
Karen Wiesner is an accomplished author with 71 titles published in the past 12 years, which have been nominated/won 98 awards, and 12 more releases contracted for spanning many categories and formats. Read Karen's article, The Secrets to Writing Productivity (can be learned!).
Karen's Incognito Series (romantic action/adventure/suspenses) is published by Whiskey Creek Press. The following are now available: NO ORDINARY LOVE, UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, BOUNTY ON THE REBEL'S HEART, DEAD DROP, UNDER THE SPELL, RENEGADE'S ROSE, UNDERCOVER ANGEL, HARD TO HANDLE, DANCE IN SHADOWS, and HYPNOTIZED. Upcoming releases include: MIND GAMES (October 2010) and DARK APPROACH (March 2011). Also available are Incognito Series "Megabooks", each containing three full novels in the series. The first three volumes are now available. The Incognito Series has won and/or finaled in FTHRW's Lories' Best Proposal and Best Publishing contests, the L-Edit Slip contest, EPIC's EPPIE Award, The Romance Studio's Sweetheart and CAPA Awards, Ecataromance's Reviewer's Choice Award, Fallen Angel Reviews' Recommended Read Award, The Long and Short of It's (LASR) Best Romance of the Year Award and their highest review rating--Best Book, Manic Readers' featured review status, and RT Book Reviews' Top Pick review award. The series has also received 5 star reviews from The Romance Studio, Fallen Angel Reviews, LASR, ReviewYourBook.com, Dark Diva Reviews, as well 4 1/2 stars from RT Book Reviews. Karen designed all the Incognito Series covers herself. Click on the Incognito Series button above for more information.
Look for the first release in Karen's new inspirational romantic mystery trilogy called Denim Blues Mysteries. RETIRED AND ON THE ROCKS (Book 1) will be released June 2010 from Whiskey Creek Press. LOVE IS BLIND...AND IT DON'T PAY THE BILLS EITHER (Book 2) and SOULS ON (B)ORING STREET (Book 3) will come out in 2011. Karen designed all the Incognito Series covers herself. Click on the Denim Blues Mysteries button above for more information.
Karen also writes police procedural mysteries with award-winning author Chris Spindler of Auenwald, Germany. The following are available now: DEGREES OF SEPARATION, TEARS ON STONE, THE FIFTEENTH LETTER, ROMANTIC NOTIONS, AND FALCON'S BEND CASE FILES, Volumes I and II. The Falcon’s Bend Series has won and/or finaled for The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart Award, the L-Edit Slip contest, RT Book Reviews Top Pick review award and EPIC’s EPPIE Award. The series has also received 5 star reviews from The Romance Studio, Huntress Reviews, Dark Angel Reviews, and Coffee Time Romance, as well as 4 1/2 stars from RT Book Reviews. Karen designed all the covers and the series logo. Visit Karen and Chris' Falcon's Bend Community, where you'll find updates and information about the series. Click the Falcon's Bend Series button above for more information.
Karen's inspirational romantic suspense, THE BLOODMOON CURSE (a 2006 Ecataromance Reviewer's Choice Award nominee, a 2006 Dream Ream Award finalist, a Fallen Angel Reviews Recommended Read, as well as the recipient of multiple 5 star reviews), is published by Samhain Publishing, as is her newest inspirational romance series, Family Heirlooms. The following are now available: BABY, BABY, SHADOW BOXING, and FOOLISH GAMES. The Family Heirlooms Series has won and/or finaled for The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart and CAPA Awards, Ecataromance Reviewer’s Choice Award, and WDRF's Top Read of Excellence, their highest review rating. For more information about this series, click on the Romantic Fiction button above.
Karen's series' with Hard Shell Word Factory include the Gypsy Road Series, the Angelfire Trilogy, and Dare to Love Series (all contemporary romances). Her fiction from Hard Shell has been nominated for multiple RT Reviewer's Choice Awards, the Daphne du Maurier Award, FTHRW's The Lories Best Published Contest, and several EPPIE Awards. Click on the Romantic Fiction button above for more information.
Uncial Press has published UNTIL IT'S GONE, Book 5 of Karen's Wounded Warriors Series as well as reissued RELUCTANT HEARTS (Book 1), WAITING FOR AN ECLIPSE (Book 2) and MIRROR MIRROR (Book 3) in electronic formats. Look for the electronic reissue of WAYWARD ANGELS (Book 4) on March 2010 from Uncial. WHITE RAINBOW, the sixth and final book in the series, an inspirational romance, will be released electronically on May 14, 2010. Trade paperback versions are now available for each book in the series. Karen designed the new covers for the series. Click on the Wounded Warriors Series button above for more information.
Karen's first writing reference title with Writer's Digest Books, FIRST DRAFT IN 30 DAYS, is a bestseller available wherever writing reference titles are sold. Writer's Digest Book Club released it as a Main Selection in March 2005. You can find more information and the bonus website advertised in the book by clicking on the First Draft in 30 Days button. Karen's second release from Writer's Digest Books was FROM FIRST DRAFT TO FINISHED NOVEL {A Writer's Guide to Cohesive Story Building}, available now. Click on the Nonfiction button above for more information about this release.
Karen is also the author of ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING The Definitive Guide {The Most
Complete Reference to Non-Subsidy E-Publishing
and WEAVE YOUR WEB {The Promotional Companion to ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING The Definitive Guide. The Guide was a finalist for the 2000 EPPIE Award and won the 2001 EPPIE for Best Non-fiction. It was excerpted in the 2001 Writers Digest Novel & Short Story Market and made the 2001 Inscriptions' Books of the Year list. eBooks N' Bytes chose the Guide to be their first winner of the eBooks N' Bytes Award of Excellence for Epublishing Book of the Year (2002). The Guide was also a finalist in the 2002 Indie Awards. WEAVE YOUR WEB was a 2004 EPPIE finalist. Please note that Karen has discontinued her e-publishing and author promotion books and both are currently unavailable.
THE POWER OF PROMOTIONAL GROUPS details how published authors can set up a promotional group (like Karen's own, Jewels of the Quill). The reference book is available now in electronic formats from Twilight Times Books. THE POWER OF PROMOTIONAL GROUPS was a 2009 EPPIE Award finalist. Click on the Nonfiction button above for more information.
Karen's first book of poetry was released in October 2001. SOUL BLEEDS The Dark
Poetry and Other Wanderings of K.S. Wiesner finaled in the 2002 EPPIE Awards and is available from Atlantic Bridge Publishing. Click on the
Poetry button above for more information.
Karen also writes children's books under the pen name Karen Sue Wiesner for Writer's Exchange E-Publishing.
Releases include:
Click on the Children's
Books button above for more information.
Karen is the founding member of Jewels of the Quill www.JewelsoftheQuill.com, a promotional
group of women authors who write in a variety of genres. The group has monthly spotlights
and giveaways at their website, a newsletter with over 1000 subscribers, and was featured in the September 2003 issue of RT Book Reviews. Jewels of the
Quill produces two group anthologies per year published by
Whiskey Creek Press, including:
Karen edited TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume I, and co-edited each subsequent group anthology. She also designed all the Jewels of the Quill book covers. Karen has contributed novellas to each anthology the group has done from the very first. Click on the Romantic Fiction or Jewels of the Quill buttons for more information.
In addition, Karen's Jewels of the Quill anthology stories have been packaged in the following dame collections:
Click on the Romantic Fiction or Jewels of the Quill buttons for more information. Look for more dame collections from Karen in the future.
Karen has won the Inscriptions Engraver Award for best on-line columnist two years
in a row, the Year 2000 for eXcellence in E-publishing Award: E-author from ebookadvisor, was a two
time recipient of the E-Pub Ambassador Award, and was a two time recipient of The Simply Charming
Award for outstanding promotion of e-books. She was also nominated for the 2000 EPIC Florence Moyer
Service Award.
Karen is a member of
Sisters in Crime Internet Chapter,
Infinite Worlds of Fantasy Authors,
BooksWeLove.net, and World Romance
Writers.
In addition to writing, Karen enjoys designing websites and graphics for her pages.
Currently, she designs and maintains her own site, children's author Linda Derkez's website, and the
Jewels of the Quill website. Karen
also enjoys designing cover art and logos for books. You can view
her designs by clicking on the Cover Design button above.
Karen enthusiastically welcomes letters from her fans. Write to her at KarensQuill-owner@yahoogroups.com or PO Box 118,
Black River Falls, WI 54615. If you
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WAYWARD ANGELS, Book 4 of the Wounded Warriors Series reissue
Karen Wiesner
Inspirational Women's Fiction
Uncial Press
Coming March 12, 2010 in electronic formats
Jordana's Chair (Kaleidoscope Series, Book 4) by Karen Wiesner
TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume VI
A Jewels of the Quill Anthology
Contemporary Romance Novella
Whiskey Creek Press
Coming March 15, 2010 in trade paperback and electronic formats
FOOLISH GAMES, Book 3 of the Family Heirloom Series
Karen Wiesner
Inspirational Contemporary Romance
Samhain Publishing
Coming April 6, 2010 in trade paperback
WHITE RAINBOW, Book 6 of the Wounded Warriors Series
Karen Wiesner
Inspirational Women's Fiction
Uncial Press
Coming May 14, 2010 in electronic formats
RETIRED AND ON THE ROCKS, Book 1 of the Denim Blues Mysteries Trilogy
Karen Wiesner
Inspirational Romantic Mystery
Whiskey Creek
Press
Coming June 2010 in trade paperback and electronic formats
Paper Tiger (Kaleidoscope Series, Book 5) by Karen Wiesner
HALLOWEEN TREASURES
A Jewels of the Quill Halloween Anthology
Romantic Suspense Novella
Whiskey Creek Press
Coming September 2010 in trade paperback and electronic formats
MIND GAMES, Book 11 of the Incognito Series
Karen Wiesner
Romantic Action/Adventure
Whiskey Creek Press
Coming October 2010 in trade paperback and electronic formats
KALEIDOSCOPE SERIES
including Perfect Cadence (Book 1), In Cahoots With Cupid (Book 2), Behind Amethyst Eyes (Book 3), Jordana's Chair (Book 4), Paper Tigers (Book 5), plus 2 bonus stories in the series never before published: Cabin Fever (Book 6) and The Longest Night (Book 7)
Karen Wiesner
Contemporary Romance Novella Collection
Whiskey Creek
Press
Coming December 2010 in trade paperback and electronic formats
DARK APPROACH, Book 12 of the Incognito Series
Karen Wiesner
Romantic Action/Adventure
Whiskey Creek Press
Coming March 2011 in trade paperback and electronic formats
Moonlight Becomes You (Woodcutter's Grim Series, Book 4) by Karen Wiesner
Paranormal Romance Novella
in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume
VII
A Jewels of the Quill
Anthology
Whiskey Creek
Press
Coming March 2011 in trade paperback and electronic formats
LOVE IS BLIND...AND IT DON'T PAY THE BILLS EITHER, Book 2 of the Denim Blues Mysteries Trilogy
Karen Wiesner
Inspirational Romantic Mystery
Whiskey Creek
Press
Coming June 2011 in trade paperback and electronic formats
INCOGNITO SERIES MEGABOOK, Volume 4
including HYPNOTIZED (Book 10), MIND GAMES (Book 11), and DARK APPROACH (Book 12)
Karen Wiesner
Romantic Action/Adventure Suspense
Whiskey Creek
Press
Coming 2011 in electronic formats
Wings of Love, Book 1 of the Cowboy Fever Series by Karen Wiesner
Contemporary Romance Novella
in CHRISTMAS GEMS
A Jewels of the Quill
Christmas Anthology
Whiskey Creek Press
Coming September 2011 in trade paperback and electronic formats
SOULS ON (B)ORING STREET, Book 3 of the Denim Blues Mysteries Trilogy
Karen Wiesner
Inspirational Romantic Mystery
Whiskey Creek
Press
Coming October 2011 in trade paperback and electronic formats
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