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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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=FantasticFiction )〕 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. Most of Ranney's novels are set in Scotland〔 and feature "believable characters, careful plotting, and simmering sexual tension."〔 〕 She has been nominated nine times for a ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Award and won a ''Romantic Times'' Career Achievement Award in 2002 for British-set Historical Romance .〔 〕〔 〕 Ranney has also been on the USA Today Bestseller List as well as the New York Times Bestseller List. Ranney lives in Texas.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen Ranney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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