Judith Arnold


Barbara Keiler, known by her pen name Judith Arnold, is an 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

Keiler was born in New York City. In high school, she 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. at Brown University. They have two sons and live in suburban 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 100 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, mysteries, and general fiction. 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.

Class action suit

In July 2012 Keiler, along with two other named plaintiffs representing approximately 1000 authors, filed a class action suit, Barbara Keiler v. Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 12cv5558, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, against HQ Enterprises, alleging improper payment of e-book royalties. The case was dismissed in April 2013 by Harold Baer Jr. but was accepted on appeal in 2014. The parties agreed to settle in March 2016 and a $4.1M settlement was approved by William H. Pauley III in July 2016.

As Ariel Berk

Single novels

  • Silent Beginnings
  • Promise of Love
  • Remedies of the Heart
  • Hungry for Love
  • Breaking the Ice
  • False Impressions
  • Teacher's Pet
  • No Plan for Love
  • Game, Set, Match
  • Playing with Matches
  • Together Again
  • Peace of Mind
  • ''A Package Deal''

    As Thea Frederick

Single Novel

  • ''Beloved Adversary''

    As Judith Arnold

Stand alone novels

  • Come Home to Love
  • A Modern Man
  • Flowing to the Sky
  • Jackpot
  • Special Delivery
  • Man and Wife
  • On Love's Trail
  • Best Friends
  • Comfort and Joy
  • Twilight
  • Going Back
  • One Whiff of Scandal
  • Turning Tables
  • Survivors
  • Lucky Penny
  • Change of Life
  • One Good Turn
  • A Loverboy
  • Raising the Stakes
  • Safe Harbor aka Safe Harbour
  • Trust Me
  • The Woman Downstairs
  • Opposing Camps
  • Sweet Light
  • Just Like Romeo and Juliet
  • Oh, You Beautiful Doll
  • Flashfire
  • The Parent Plan
  • Private Lies
  • Romantic Reunion
  • Cry Uncle
  • Married to the Man
  • Barefoot in the Grass
  • Courting Trouble
  • Her Secret Lover
  • The Wrong Bride
  • Looking for Laura
  • Hidden Treasures
  • Right Place, Wrong Time
  • Heart on the Line
  • The Fixer Upper
  • The Marriage Bed
  • Meet Me in Manhattan
  • ''Goodbye to All That''

    Keeping the Faith Series

  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
  • ''Duet: Father Found / Father Christmas''

    The Magic Jukebox

  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

  • ''Legacy of Secrets''

    Welcome to Riverbend Series Multi-Author

  • ''Birthright''

    Bloom Family Series

  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

  • Father Knows Best
  • ''Hope Street + The Marriage Bed''

    Anthologies in Collaboration

  • My Valentine 1993
  • Millennium Baby
  • All Summer Long
  • All They Want for Christmas
  • Written in the Stars
  • Fool for Love
  • Burning Bright
  • Baby Jane / We Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus / Wide Open Spaces
  • ''How to Marry a Millionaire ''

    Non-fiction

  • "Women Do" essay in Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women:'' Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance
  • "This I do for me" essay in North American Romance Writers''