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Karen White is a New York Times bestselling American author of more than twenty-five novels. Life and career White was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and during her childhood lived in numerous states and also in Venezuela and London, England, where she graduated from The American School in London. She attended college at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in management.Most of White's novels are based in the low-country of the southeastern United States. Her first book, In the Shadow of the Moon was a double finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. The Girl on Legare Street reached The New York Times Best Seller list in November 2009. On Folly Beach, published in May 2010, was also a NYT bestseller. White has published 27 novels to date, with the latest book, The Attic on Queen Street, released in November 2021. In addition to her solo work, White has also has co-authored four novels with Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig; the most recent, The Lost Summers of Newport, was released in May 2022. White is married to Timothy J. White, a US banker, with two children, and resides near Atlanta, Georgia. White is currently published by Berkley, a division of Penguin Random House. Bibliography Stand alone novels In the Shadow of the Moon August 2000 ISBN 0-505-52395-7 Whispers of Goodbye October 2001 ISBN 0-505-52455-4 Falling Home June 2002 ISBN 0-8217-7338-0 After the Rain April 2003 ISBN 0-8217-7339-9 Blessings of Mossy Creek June 2004 ISBN 0-9673035-5-9 The Color of Light June 2005 ISBN 0-451-21511-7 Pieces of the Heart April 2006 ISBN 0-451-21767-5 Learning to Breathe March 2007 ISBN 978-0-451-22034-9 The Memory of Water March 2008 ISBN 0-451-22303-9 The Lost Hours April 2009 ISBN 0-451-22649-6 On Folly Beach May 2010 ISBN 0-451-22921-5 The Beach Trees May 2011 ISBN 0-451-23307-7 Sea Change June 2012 ISBN 0-451-23676-9 The Time Between June 2013 ISBN 0-451-23986-5 A Long Time Gone June 2014 ISBN 0-451-24046-4 The Sound of Glass May 2015 ISBN 0-451-47089-3 Flight Patterns May 2016 ISBN 0-451-47523-2 The Night the Lights Went Out April 2017 ISBN 978-0451488381 Dreams of Falling June 2018 ISBN 978-0451488411Tradd Street series The House on Tradd Street November 2008 ISBN 0-451-22509-0 The Girl On Legare Street November 2009 ISBN 0-451-22799-9 The Strangers on Montagu Street November 2011 ISBN 0-451-23526-6 Return to Tradd Street January 2014 ISBN 0-451-24059-6 The Guests on a South Battery January 2017 ISBN 978-0451475237 The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street October 2019 ISBN 978-0-451-47524-4 The Attic on Queen Street November 2021 ISBN 978-0451475251Collaborative novels The Forgotten Room (with Lauren Willig and Beatriz Williams) January 2016 ISBN 978-0-451-47462-9 The Glass Ocean (with Lauren Willig and Beatriz Williams) September 2018 ISBN 978-0-062-85948-8 All the Ways We Said Goodbye (with Lauren Willig and Beatriz Williams) January 2020 ISBN 978-0-062-93109-2 The Lost Summers of Newport (with Lauren Willig and Beatriz Williams) May 2022 ISBN 978-0-063-04074-8References External links Official website . Discover the Karen White popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Karen White books.

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  • The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street synopsis, comments

    The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street

    Karen White

    The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Karen White.Melanie Trenholm should be antici...

  • The Strangers on Montagu Street synopsis, comments

    The Strangers on Montagu Street

    Karen White

    Charleston psychic Melanie Middleton discovers the past isn't finished revealing unsettling secrets in the third novel in the New York Times bestselling Tradd Street series.  ...

  • Beach House for Rent synopsis, comments

    Beach House for Rent

    Mary Alice Monroe

    New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe returns to her beloved Isle of Palms to tell the poignant, charming story of two women, one summer, and one very special beach h...

  • A Lowcountry Christmas synopsis, comments

    A Lowcountry Christmas

    Mary Alice Monroe

    A wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas in a timeless story of family bonds in this “lovely and memorable” (Luis Carlos Montalván, New York...

  • The Reunion synopsis, comments

    The Reunion

    Kit Frick

    From the author of I Killed Zoe Spanos comes a “suspenseful and atmospheric” (Kirkus Reviews) YA thriller in the vein of The White Lotus and Karen M. McManus’s The Cousins followin...

  • The Audacity of Inez Burns synopsis, comments

    The Audacity of Inez Burns

    Stephen G. Bloom

    THE VIVID, SCANDALFILLED STORY OF A SHREWD, RAGSTORICHES MILLIONAIRESS AND THE RUTHLESS POLITICIAN WHO PURSUED HER, TOLD AGAINST THE EFFERVESCENT BACKDROP OF AMERICA’S GOLDEN CITYS...

  • The Girl On Legare Street synopsis, comments

    The Girl On Legare Street

    Karen White

    Acclaimed author Karen White returns to Charleston, South Carolina, with the second novel in the New York Times bestselling Tradd Street series.Melanie Middleton has grown accustom...

  • The Attic on Queen Street synopsis, comments

    The Attic on Queen Street

    Karen White

    An instant New York Times bestseller!Return to the house on Tradd Street one last time in this hauntingly spectacular finale to the bestselling series featuring psychic medium Mela...

  • The Shop on Royal Street synopsis, comments

    The Shop on Royal Street

    Karen White

    Nola Trenholm is hopeful for a fresh start in the Big Easy but must deal with ghosts from her pastas well as new onesin this first book in a spinoff series of Karen White's New Yor...

  • Return to Tradd Street synopsis, comments

    Return to Tradd Street

    Karen White

    In the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Tradd Street series, Charleston realtor Melanie Middleton is determined to leave the past behind her. But history has a tenden...

  • Murder in an Irish Cottage synopsis, comments

    Murder in an Irish Cottage

    Carlene O'Connor

    In a remoteand superstitiousvillage in County Cork, Ireland, Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan must solve a murder where the prime suspects are fairies . . .   Family is everything to ...

  • Louisiana Lucky synopsis, comments

    Louisiana Lucky

    Julie Pennell

    From the critically acclaimed author of The Young Wives Club, a “heartwarming story about friendship, heartache, and selfdiscovery” (Karen White, New York Times bestselling author)...

  • The Last Night in London synopsis, comments

    The Last Night in London

    Karen White

    New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between wartorn London during the Blitz and the present day. L...

  • Under the Southern Sky synopsis, comments

    Under the Southern Sky

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    This instant New York Times bestsellerthat’s “perfect for fans of beach reads, P.S. I Love You, and anything by authors Jennifer Weiner and Elin Hilderbrand” (Country Living) follo...

  • Trust But Verify synopsis, comments

    Trust But Verify

    Karna Small Bodman

    "Bodman's hardwon information and sheer storytelling talent make this a book to remember.” LEE CHILD, #1 worldwide bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series  "Karna B...

  • Beach House Memories synopsis, comments

    Beach House Memories

    Mary Alice Monroe

    New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe's Southernset classic Beach House Memories, the sequel to The Beach House, now a Hallmark Channel movie starring Andie MacDowell...

  • The Secret to Southern Charm synopsis, comments

    The Secret to Southern Charm

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    A 2018 Spring Okra Pick USA TODAY Happy Ever After’s Best Women’s Fiction Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2018 Deep South Magazine’s Summer Reading List Raleigh N...

  • The Summer Guests synopsis, comments

    The Summer Guests

    Mary Alice Monroe

    This “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Beach House series is about ...

  • The Summer of Songbirds synopsis, comments

    The Summer of Songbirds

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFour women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process in this moving new novel from th...

  • I, Witness synopsis, comments

    I, Witness

    Niki Mackay

    'A cracking thriller and a great female protagonist.' C.J. Tudor, author of Sunday Times Bestseller The Chalk Man'I couldn't put I,Witness down, this is a 2018 mustread' Phoebe Mor...

  • Ancestral Night synopsis, comments

    Ancestral Night

    Elizabeth Bear

    “Outstanding…Amid a space opera resurgence, Bear’s novel sets the bar high.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)A space salvager and her partner make the discovery of a lifetime tha...

  • Dreams of Falling synopsis, comments

    Dreams of Falling

    Karen White

    One of PureWow's "Best Beach Reads of Summer 2018"New York Times bestselling author Karen White crafts evocative relationships in this contemporary women's fiction novel, set in th...

  • The Summer of Lost and Found synopsis, comments

    The Summer of Lost and Found

    Mary Alice Monroe

    The New York Times bestselling Beach House series continues with this timely, tender, and compassionate tale of perseverance, love, and the bonds of family in the face of tremendou...

  • Slightly South of Simple synopsis, comments

    Slightly South of Simple

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER Glitter Guide’s “Must Reads for April” PopSugar’s “Ultimate Summer Reading” Bustle’s Books to Read and Discuss With Your Mom and Grandma New York Live’s “Ashley...

  • On Ocean Boulevard synopsis, comments

    On Ocean Boulevard

    Mary Alice Monroe

    This “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) instant New York Times bestseller from the author of The Summer of Lost and Found re...

  • The Time Between synopsis, comments

    The Time Between

    Karen White

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels delivers a tale that spans two generations of sisters and secrets, set in the stunning South Carolina Lowcountry. E...

  • On Folly Beach synopsis, comments

    On Folly Beach

    Karen White

    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes a story of old wounds and second chances, set in the small South Carolina town of Folly Beach. ...

  • Beach House Reunion synopsis, comments

    Beach House Reunion

    Mary Alice Monroe

    The New York Times bestselling author and “skilled storyteller who never lets her readers down” (Huffington Post) returns to her beloved Beach House series with this “authentic, ge...

  • The Beach Trees synopsis, comments

    The Beach Trees

    Karen White

    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes the story of one woman’s journey into a secret pastand a life she never expected on ...

  • The Night the Lights Went Out synopsis, comments

    The Night the Lights Went Out

    Karen White

    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street series comes a stunning novel about a young single mother who discovers that the nature of friendship is never what i...

  • Possessed synopsis, comments

    Possessed

    Donald Spoto

    New York Times bestselling author Donald Spoto has already brilliantly explored the lives and careers of numerous Hollywood stars and entertainment iconsGrace Kelly, James Dean, Al...

  • Feels Like Falling synopsis, comments

    Feels Like Falling

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    From “the next major voice in Southern fiction” (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author) and the bestselling author of the Peachtree Bluff series comes the instant USA...

  • Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons synopsis, comments

    Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons

    Charlotte Gray

    A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th centuryby awardwinning historian Charlotte Gray.Born into upperclass America in the ...

  • The Sound of Glass synopsis, comments

    The Sound of Glass

    Karen White

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels explores a Southern family’s buried history, which will change the life of the woman who unearths it, secret by sha...

  • The Summer Sail synopsis, comments

    The Summer Sail

    Wendy Francis

    “A great summer read for fans of Jennifer Weiner and Emily Giffin.” (Library Journal) A trio of college friends who reunite aboard a cruise ship experience an unforgettable vacatio...

  • Slay In Your Lane synopsis, comments

    Slay In Your Lane

    Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené

    The longawaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area of their lives.‘This bo...

  • A Happier Life synopsis, comments

    A Happier Life

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    With “her signature warmth and Southern charm” (E! Online), the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Songbirds and the Peachtree Bluff series presents a tender and to...

  • The Forgotten Room synopsis, comments

    The Forgotten Room

    Karen White, Beatriz Williams & Lauren Willig

    New York Times bestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaborationa rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans hal...

  • Flight Patterns synopsis, comments

    Flight Patterns

    Karen White

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels tells the story of a woman coming home to the family she left behindand to the woman she always wanted to be.....

  • Warrior Daughter synopsis, comments

    Warrior Daughter

    Janet Paisley

    Inspired by first century AD warrior women, Janet Paisley's Warrior Daughter is a gripping adventure about one young woman's struggle to survive in the harsh Celtic wilderness.2,00...

  • The House on Tradd Street synopsis, comments

    The House on Tradd Street

    Karen White

    The brilliant, chilling debut of Karen White's New York Times bestselling Tradd Street series, featuring a Charleston real estate agent who loves old housesand the secret histories...

  • No Way Back synopsis, comments

    No Way Back

    M. J. Arlidge

    A treat for fans of DI Helen Grace: an ebook short story from Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author M. J. Arlidge.Jodie's arriving at her third children's home. She's only fiftee...

  • East of Alice synopsis, comments

    East of Alice

    Annie Seaton

    A gemfossicking discovery echoes through time and leads to a dangerous journey through the red dust outback. A gripping mystery from Australian author Annie Seaton.Gemma Hayden has...

  • The Young Wives Club synopsis, comments

    The Young Wives Club

    Julie Pennell

    Southern Living’s Best New Summer Books In Toulouse, Louisiana finding your one true love happens sometime around high school. If you’re lucky, he might be the man you thought he w...

  • The Southern Side of Paradise synopsis, comments

    The Southern Side of Paradise

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    The internationally bestselling Peachtree Bluff series concludes with this “deliciously authentic Southern tale of family and the often messy, complex relationships between sisters...

  • Whispers of Goodbye synopsis, comments

    Whispers of Goodbye

    Karen White

    Revisit the beginning of New York Times bestselling author Karen White’s signature style in one of her earliest novelsa gothic tale of a woman’s desperate quest for the truth... &#...

  • The Guests on South Battery synopsis, comments

    The Guests on South Battery

    Karen White

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKaren White invites you to explore the brickwalked streets of Charleston in her fifth Tradd Street novel, where historic mansions house the memories of...