Karen Abbott (Abbott Kahler)

Karen Abbott is the pseudonym used by one of the highly reputed authors from The United States named Abbott Kahler. She is famous for writing books based on the nonfiction and history genres. Author Abbott was listed as one of the New York Times bestselling novelist after writing a series of successful standalone novels. Her most recent novel is known as Liar Temptress Soldier Spy, which has been included among the best books of the year 2014 by the Library Journal, the Amazon, and Christian Science Monitor. This book has also been optioned for a mini series by the Sony production company. Author Abbott is a native resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born on January 23, 1973, in Philadelphia. One of her books titled Sin in the Second City describes the real story of a famous brothel in America named Everleigh Club. The main story deals with the lives of the proprietors of the brothel, sisters Minna and Asa Everleigh. In another book, author Abbott has depicted the story of a stripteaser named Gypsy Rose Lee. The most recent novel written by Abbott describes the true story of 4 women, who become spies at the time of the Civil War. In addition to writing her books, author Abbott also contributes to the history blog of the Smithsonian magazine called as Past Perfect. She even writes for the ‘Disunion’, which is a series by the New York Times based on the Civil War. Prior to the beginning of her writing career, author Abbott used to work as a journalist in Philadelphia. After her marriage, she decided to shift to New York City along with her husband. Currently, she spends most of her time in developing the plots of her next books. Author Abbott is very fond of pet birds. She has a couple of African Cray parrots, whom, she has named as Dexter and Poe.