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I'm a Northern California-based author of award-winning historical fantasy and historical romance novels, with the occasional venture into straight science fiction.

For October, I've posted a new House of the Rose photo tour--Constantinople and Languedoc! Please check it out on the House of the Rose Photo Tour page!

I've also once again collaborated with my good friend Louise Calkins to create an audio excerpt from Twist of Honor! This time, it's Chapter Four, which chronicles the first meeting between Antonia, the young, wealthy, and widowed Countess of Cranbourne, and Kit Fitzgeorge, mercenary soldier, devoted father...and the countess's would-be abductor.

Podcast of Chapter Four  free to share under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License

Karin also has a frequently-updated blog at LiveJournal, which contains her travel journals, as well as her anime reviews and adventures in cake decorating. She traveled to Germany and Provence in September '09, and posted daily reports about her experiences.

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"5 stars...most excellent...will capture the reader's attention as if Scherezade spun the tale...a definite page-turner..." --eCataRomance Reviews

"...as confident in imagination and detail as Laurell K. Hamilton, and as emotionally rich as Marion Zimmer Bradley...a romantic fantasy novel of distinction..."--Contra Costa Sunday Times

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This Website © 2005-2007 by Papaguy Designs
Stories and novel excerpts © 1999-2007 by Michaela August except for Twist of Honor, which is © 2007 by Karin Welss
Sweeter Than Wine cover image: St. Clements Winery, Calistoga, CA. Photograph courtesy of David C. Gibbons.
Glass Souls cover image: "Praising Angel," stained glass panel by Sir Edward Coley Burnes-Jones. Photograph courtesy of the William Morris Gallery, London.
The Shattered Crown cover image: "Ereshkigal," copyright 2007 by Giovanna Belico Caria Guimaraes. Used with permission of the artist.
Queen of Heaven cover image: "Blanche," copyright 2007 by Giovanna Belico Caria Guimaraes. Used with permission of the artist.
Twist of Honor cover image: Sir Anthony van Dyck, Marchesa Balbi Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Image © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Used with permission.

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This Web page last updated October, 2009.

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