Judith Arnold


Barbara Keiler, known more widely by her pseudonym Judith Arnold, is a best-selling American author of crime fiction and over eighty-five romance novels. She has been writing since 1983, and has also been published under the pen names Ariel Berk and Thea Frederick.

Biography

Personal life

In high school Keiler was published in the school's creative writing magazine and edited the school newspaper. After winning a contest in college for writing a play, Keiler decided to become a playwright. She graduated from Smith College in 1974 and earned an A.M. in creative writing from Brown University in 1976. She then spent the next ten years writing plays for production in regional theaters around the country.
Keiler married after her husband obtained his Ph.D. in Rhode Island, now they have two sons. She and her family live near Boston, Massachusetts.

Writing career

After taking a year off teaching to try to write a novel, she sold a romance novel, Silent Beginnings, to Silhouette Books, in October 1983.
Since then, Keiler has written over 85 romance novels. These have been published in category romance lines such as Silhouette, Second Chance at Love, and the Harlequin lines of Temptation, American, and Superromance, as well as single-title books published by Mira. She is a three-time Romantic Times award-winner and has been nominated an additional four times, including for Career Achievement. Keiler has been a finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award and the Golden Medallion Award, and was nominated for the RWA's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also a past president of Novelists, Inc..
Mrs. Keiler recently filed suit against HQ Enterprises alleging miss-payment of e-book royalty claims.

As Ariel Berk

Single novels

Single Novel

Stand alone novels

  1. Promises
  2. Commitments
  3. Dreams

    Yorktown Towers Series Multi-Author

Class of '78 Series Multi-Author

STUDS Series Multi-Author

Bachelor Arms Series Multi-Author

Weddings By Dewilde Series Multi-Author

The Daddy School Series

  1. Father Found
  2. Father Christmas
  3. Father of Two
  4. Dr. Dad
  5. 'Tis the Season
  6. Hush, Little Baby
  7. Daddy’s Girl
  8. Somebody's Dad
  9. Almost an Angel
  1. Changes
  2. True Colors
  3. Wild Thing
  4. Heat Wave
  5. Moondance
  6. Take the Long Way Home
  7. Angel of the Morning
  8. Rescue Me

    The Lainie Lovett Mysteries

  9. Still Kicking
  10. Kickback
  11. Dropkick
  12. Kick the Bucket

    Delta Justice Series Multi-Author

  1. Love in Bloom's
  2. Blooming All Over

    Finders, Keeper Agency Series

  3. Found: One Wife
  4. Found: One Son

    Hotel Marchand Series Multi-Author

Collections