Karen Odden author biography, plus links to books by Karen Odden.

Karen Odden

Karen Odden received her PhD in Victorian literature from New York University. She is the author of five crime novels set in 1870s London: her USA Today bestselling debut, A Lady in the Smoke; A Dangerous Duet and A Trace of Deceit, both winners of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards; Down a Dark River, an Oprah Daily Pick; and Under a Veiled Moon, nominated for the Lefty, Anthony, and Agatha Awards for Best Historical. Karen serves on the national board of Sisters in Crime and is the recipient of a Friends of Scottsdale Library's annual Spirit of Literacy Award for her community outreach. She divides her time between Arizona and Utah, where she loves plotting murder while hiking the desert and mountains.

This biography was last updated on 06/02/2026.

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