Margery Flax

After writing romance for twenty years, I'm so excited to be able to reach readers with my first mystery series beginning in 2013.  I hope you enjoy Caprice De Luca, my home-staging sleuth, who has many of the same interests I do--interior decorating, cooking, gardening and rescuing stray animals.  I hope you enjoy putting the puzzle pieces together and solving mysteries with Caprice...and me!  I love to hear from my readers through my website and interact with them on Facebook and Twitter @karenrosesmith.

Karen Rose Smith was born in Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna Valley. As a teenager, music became as important to her as reading. She and her cousin took their first sojourn into writing by collaborating on a script for the MONKEES television program.  They sent that script to every concert venue where the group appeared that summer!
In college, Karen began writing poetry and also met her husband to be.  They both started married life as teachers, but when their son was born, Karen decided to try her hand at a home decorating business.  She returned to teaching for a while but changes in her life led her to writing fiction. She has sold 82 books since 1992 as well as indie published her backlist and original titles.  Her career is branching out into mysteries.  The first book in her Caprice De Luca home-stager mystery series will be released in December 2013.
A winner of New Jersey's Golden Leaf Award in Short Contemporary Romance, Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence for short contemporary, as well as the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter's Golden Quill for Traditional Romance, she has also been honored with Cataromance.com's award for Best Special Edition and WRW's Career Achievement Award. Her romances have made both the USA TODAY list, Borders Group Bestseller list for Series Romance as well as the Amazon Romance and Contemporary Romance Bestseller lists.
Married to her college sweetheart, believing in the power of love and commitment, she envisions herself writing relationship novels (including mysteries) for a long time to come!