Karen Van der Zee

Windela Kilmer
Born (1947-05-26) 26 May 1947
Netherlands
Pen name Karen Van der Zee
Mona Van Wieren
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Dutch
Period 1979-present
Genre Romantic novel
Website
www.karenvanderzee.com

Windela Kilmer (born 26 May 1947 in the Netherlands) is a popular globetrotting Dutch writer of over 33 romance novels since 1979 as Karen Van der Zee. She also signed two novels as Mona Van Wieren and she received a RITA for Rhapsody in Bloom.

Biography

Windela Kilmer was born on 26 May 1947 in the Netherlands. She grew up with her brothers, while she dreamed about visiting the exotic places that read in their books.

She met in Amsterdam a globetrotting American, who asked her to marry him in Rome, Italy and they tied the knot in a ten-minute ceremony in Kenya. After Kenya they lived in the States for a while, then four years in Ghana, West Africa where not only their first daughter was born but her first Mills & Boon romance as well. Karen's husband's work as a development economist has taken them to several other countries. They lived in Indonesia, in Ramallah, the West Bank, and then again in Ghana.

They now live in Armenia, which lies east of Turkey and north of Iran. They have three grown kids, who live in the States.

Bibliography

As Karen Van der Zee

Single novels

  • Sweet Not Always (1979)
  • Love Beyond Reason (1980)
  • Secret Sorrow (1981)
  • Waiting (1982)
  • Going Underground (1982)
  • One More Time (1983)
  • Soul Ties (1984)
  • Pelangi Haven (1985)
  • Staying Close (1985)
  • Time for Another Dream (1986)
  • Fancy Free (1986)
  • Shadows on Bali (1988)
  • Hot Pursuit (1988)
  • Brazilian Fire (1989)
  • Java Nights (1990)
  • Kept Woman (1991)
  • The Imperfect Bride (1991)
  • Something in Return (1992)
  • Passionate Adventure (1993)
  • Making Magic (1993)
  • A Love Untamed (1994)
  • Captive in Eden (1994)
  • Fire and Spice (1995)
  • The Other Man (1995)
  • An Inconvenient Husband (1996)
  • Marriage Shy (1996)
  • Hired Wife (1999)
  • A Wife to Remember (1999)
  • Rand's Redemption (2001)
  • Midnight Rhythms (2003)
  • The Italian's Seduction (2005)

As Mona Van Wieren

Single novels

  • Rhapsody in Bloom (1989)
  • A Prince Among Men (1992)

Awards

  • Rhapsody in Bloom by Mona Van Wieren: 1990 Rita Awards Best Novel winner

References and resources

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