Karen Kingsbury

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.

You need to have time to really hear God.

I'm receiving 300 to 500 letters every week from people telling me that God used my stories to save their marriage or to introduce them to Christ or to heal a relationship that had been broken.

I am proud to say that I plastic-wrapped Bruno Ricci's toilet in his trailer.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.