Karen Quinn

Karen Quinn is the author of four novels:  Holly Would Dream, Wife in the Fast Lane, The Ivy Chronicles, and Sister Diaries. She is also the author of Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for Public School Placement, Private Admissions, Gifted Program Qualifications. She lives in Miami with her husband and two children.

"Funny, warm and terrifyingly acute about people, Karen Quinn will have you punching the air in triumphant support of her heroine as she slays dragons on behalf of us all. " —Elizabeth Noble, author of The Reading Group and The Friendship Test

Wife in The Fast Lane

Christy Hayes is a case study in successful living. She's won two Olympic gold medals, built a multimillion-dollar business, and landed a gorgeous and powerful CEO husband. But Christy's dream life begins to unravel when she inherits custody of an eleven-year-old girl named Renata. Suddenly she finds herself battling three formidable opponents: a treacherous business partner bent on ousting her from the company she founded, a ruthless stay-at-home mom who'll stop at nothing to maintain her PTA power base, and a stunning single woman scheming to steal her husband. Throw in the demands of one high-maintenance spouse and it's clear: something's got to give. But what? Her marriage? Her career? Her sanity?

(Touchstone, June 2007)

Holly Would Dream

Holly Ross often wishes she lived in a simpler time, when the clothes were glamorous, the men debonair, and the endings happy. That said, her career as a fashion historian isn't so bad. With both a wedding and a big promotion coming up, her own happily ever after seems assured.

So how, in the space of one day, does it all go wrong? How does she end up homeless, jobless, penniless, and fiancé-less? Why is she cruising the Mediterranean in hot pursuit of real estate tycoon Denis King? And why, for heaven's sake, is she chasing down a suitcase full of stolen Audrey Hepburn gowns?

With the sparkling Mediterranean and the eternal city of Rome as the backdrops, Holly's adventures begin to resemble one of the 1950s Hollywood gems she so adores. Finally she must choose between her long-held fairy tale fantasy and a new, real-life dream with an ending she couldn't possibly imagine.

(Touchstone, June 2008)