They have three children and later adopted three boys from Haiti. She married her husband, Don Russell, on July 23, 1989. She lost on the Septemepisode of the $25,000 Pyramid After she graduated she worked for the Los Angeles Times as a sports writer and also reported on the crime beat.

She graduated with a degree in journalism from California State University Northridge in 1986. Her family moved around a lot because of her father's job with IBM ultimately the family would finally settle down in the San Fernando Valley (relocating from Michigan) when Karen was ten. Karen Kingsbury is the oldest of five children born to Ted and Anne Kingsbury. Kingsbury also does public speaking, and through national events she reaches more than 100,000 people each year. Lightworkers Media and Roma Downey have the rights to develop the series. Her Baxter Family series is being adapted into a television series. 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). She is a #1 New York Times and USA Today best selling novelist with the last dozen books published topping bestseller lists. She 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. During this time, she had an article published in People Magazine. Her first book, Missy's Murder (1991), was based on a murder story that she covered in Los Angeles. She was a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times and later wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News. Based on the book by Karen Kingsbury.Karen Kingsbury (born June 8, 1963) is an American Christian novelist born in Fairfax, Virginia. With the clock ticking and John and Abby helping Nicole prepare for her wedding day, they may have one last chance to again find their love. Not wanting to put a damper on Nichole’s cherished event, John and Abby agree to wait until after her wedding to tell her about their divorce. But John and Abby’s plan takes a turn when an elated Nichole surprises them with an announcement that she has gotten engaged. Though their seemingly perfect marriage is the envy of their peers, the truth is that they have fallen out of love, and plan to announce their impending divorce during their daughter Nichole’s upcoming college break.

Now in their forties, Abby is a restaurant critic for a local newspaper and John is a football coach at their son’s high school. A Time to Dance tells the story of Abby and John Reynolds, a married couple who have been together since their days as high school sweethearts - when John was a football hero and Abby dreamed of becoming a writer.

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