With which field of the arts is Karen Robards associated?

Karen Robards (born August 24 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a best-selling author. After first gaining recognition for her historical romances, Robards became one of the first historical romance novelists to successfully make the switch to contemporary romantic suspense. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages, and has won multiple awards.

As of 2017, she has over sixty (60) published novels in her bibliography, including a series of thriller / romantic suspense novels, the first of which was published in 1985 and the latest in the series was published in 2017.

According to Romantic Times Magazine, "Robards has a true flair for characterization and excels at adding large doses of humour to the spicy mix."

Some of her best known works are - the 'Jessica Ford' series, the 'Dr. Charlotte Stone' series, the 'Banning Sisters' series as well as many others.

She has won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, six Affaire de Coeur Silver Pen awards for favourite romance novelist, along with multiple other awards for her novels.