Karen Truesdell Riehl: 15 books

In her latest book, Karen Truesdell Riehl reveals her life of living in the shadows, beginning with hiding from elementary school bullies, who don't know her battle with dyslexia has kept her from learning to read before the age of ten. Ten years later she enters a home for unwed mothers, hiding her...

Roger Sundbee, the tennis pro who left Indiana after uncovering the hidden stories of a small town (Freedom's Sins) has moved to Deception Island, ten miles by ferry from Seattle. It seemed the perfect place to start a new life. After failing to land a job as a reporter for the local newspaper,...

Pearl's young world is shattered when Papa orders her to leave home long before she is prepared. She takes with her the secret of catching Papa in the pantry with the maid. After moving into Mrs. Lacey's Boarding House, Pearl and her chum Ella find suitable employment in the city. On weekends...

Film and theater audiences were attracted to George C. Scott's powerful stage presence and charisma, as was Karen Truesdell, a Stephens College theatre student. After performing with him on stage, a long term love relationship developed. Following her graduation, Karen and George moved to New...

Toots, a writer of sexy romance novels, and Max, both in their sixties, enjoy a weekend “cruise” on the Queen Mary, a ship docked for forty years in Long Beach, California and thought to be haunted. At dinner in Sir Winston's Restaurant, the couple experience a ghost sighting of their own....

The Chester Writers Club of Chester, California, was established thirteen years ago by six women who met in a local community college writing class. They meet the last Thursday of each month at noon. Their ages range from 42 to 93. Each month a member is chosen to bring her latest writing sample to...

After she becomes pregnant with twins, Olivia Bauer is haunted by ghostly dreams of dead soldiers. Her husband Michael passes them off as nothing more than the result of indigestion. He doesn't believe in ghosts. When Olivia holds Griffin, her newborn baby boy, a strange feeling of dread comes...

Shannon isn't looking for love. Love finds her in the form of Nate Stanley, a graduate student teaching assistant in her archaeology class at a San Diego university. But Nate begins to draw back, telling her, “No, this is wrong. It’s not fair to you.” Troubled over their on-again, off-again...

The author of the bestselling memoir, Love and Madness, My Private Years With George C. Scott, Karen Truesdell Riehl turns to fiction in this tale of love, sex, suicide and scandal in a small town in Indiana. The charred remains of the Cameron house is the site of an unsolved arson fire, evoking...

A 2015 San Diego Book Awards winner in nonfiction military and politics. When the author met Helga 1977, she was an elementary school librarian, a 1948 German immigrant. Asked about her experience during the war, Helga quietly revealed she had been a "Jugend," a member of Hitler's child...

According to legend, four hundred years ago, in a place now known as the State of New Hampshire, fur trader Hiram Horne was banished by Passaconaway, chief of the Pennacook Indians, after Horne was caught "doing it" with the tribe's cook, Pretty Feather. Horne, with his wife and five children, traveled...

These two children's plays, royalty-free comedic fairy tales, Alice in Cyberland and The Emperor's New Clothes, may be performed by actors of all ages, featuring audience participation.

I wrote this play as a reminder of the harsh, unforgiving times that were the 1950’s, when uncomfortable words and actions were swept under the rug. If the dialogue sounds last century, or events seem improbable, we can be grateful they do. It's a fictionalized account of what happened to "girls in trouble." But the story is true. I lived it

Dancing Bears and Messy Pigs is a fairy tale play for children, featuring Bartholomew and Beatrice Bear, who discover Plutonius and Portia Pig will be moving in next door. The only problem? Mrs. Bear can't stand messiness! This is a charming story, perfect for kids from 3 to 10 years old. They'll...