An Interview with Author Karen E. Osborne

Award-winning author Karen E. Osborne joins Authors Talking Bookish for a conversation about writing suspense and social-issue fiction, creating complex female characters, and exploring family, power, and moral choice through story. Karen shares insights into her novels, including Getting It Right, Justice for Emerson, True Grace, Reckonings, and Tangled Lies, as well as her journey as a writer and her experience hosting the weekly author-interview podcast What Are You Reading? What Are You Writing? Join us for a thoughtful conversation about storytelling, the writing life, and creating fiction that both entertains and makes us think.

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Biography

Current Novels

On the Author’s Journey and Writing Life

Host to Host

Road to Publication

Rapid Fire Questions

Tangled Lies (2021) – A murder mystery thriller centered on complex family dynamics.

Reckonings (2022) – An award-winning indie drama focusing on moral choices and corporate power.

True Grace (2023) – A historical fiction family saga set during the Harlem Renaissance.

Justice for Emerson (2025) – A dual-timeline mystery that won Best Mystery of the Year.