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Who Am I?

I’m a writer who’s been privileged to have attained the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists. I write romance under Karen Ranney and romantic suspense and mysteries under my pseudonym, Katherine Storm.

I believe in the power of the individual, the magnificence of the human spirit, and always looking for the positive in any situation. I write about people who have been challenged but who win in the end.

Did you know about Katherine Storm? She’s one of my alter egos, and the name under which I write contemporary romantic suspense and murder mysteries. Go to http:katherinestorm.com for more information about those books.

Of the books you’ve written, which ones are your favorites?

I’m one of those writers who writes regardless of circumstances.  If there’s a hurricane, a flood, a death, an illness, I write through the experience.  It’s how I cope.  I can point to each one of my books and tell you if I was undergoing some trauma at the time.  The book itself has become a catharsis, and consequently, I feel a special bond to it.  Those books are Tapestry, My Beloved, After the Kiss, and The Scottish Companion.

But that’s not to say they’re my favorites.  I don’t have one. Or perhaps my favorite is the one on which I’m working.

Why do you write such “dark” books?

I like throwing my characters into the deep end.  Conflict is one of those components of a novel that I adore. Just think about how much conflict we have in our daily lives.

I also tend to write books about people who are flawed, but not whiners.  The women don’t expect a man to rescue them and the men don’t blame women for everything wrong in their lives.

Hopefully, my characters always have a deep core of beliefs, but they do not always act in perfect ways.  In other words, they’re like real people.

Why do you write Romance?

I write romance because it most closely identifies with how I feel about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.  In one of the darkest periods of my life, reading helped me survive.  It transported me to a world of fascinating people who, despite all their problems, were guaranteed a happy ending.  Frankly, I never knew I wrote romance until my first three books were sold.  I just wrote stories I would have liked to read.

Will you be writing a contemporary?  Or a paranormal?

I’ve written three books and a few short stories that are either contemporary and/or paranormal, under the name of Katherine Storm. (www.katherinestorm.com)

Why do you write about Scotland?

It was a marketing decision I was asked to make a few years ago.  I decided that I wanted to get out of England, and my choices were limited.  I adore Scotland’s history – the 19th century, especially, is filled with fascinating events.