▁writers ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁short ▁story ▁writers ▁Category : Nov el ists ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁( state ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Barbara ▁Ke iler ▁( born ▁April ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁United ▁States ), ▁known ▁more ▁widely ▁by ▁her ▁pseud onym ▁Jud ith ▁Arnold , ▁is ▁a ▁best - s elling ▁American ▁author ▁of ▁crime ▁fiction ▁and ▁over ▁eight y - five ▁rom ance ▁nov els . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁been ▁writing ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁and ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁published ▁under ▁the ▁pen ▁names ▁A riel ▁Ber k ▁and ▁The a ▁Frederick . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁In ▁high ▁school ▁Ke iler ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁school ' s ▁cre ative ▁writing ▁magazine ▁and ▁edited ▁the ▁school ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁After ▁winning ▁a ▁contest ▁in ▁college ▁for ▁writing ▁a ▁play , ▁Ke iler ▁decided ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁play w right . ▁ ▁She ▁graduated ▁from ▁Smith ▁College ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁and ▁earned ▁an ▁A . M . ▁in ▁cre ative ▁writing ▁from ▁Brown ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁ ▁She ▁then ▁spent ▁the ▁next ▁ten ▁years ▁writing ▁plays ▁for ▁production ▁in ▁regional ▁the aters ▁around ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁Ke iler ▁married ▁after ▁her ▁husband ▁obtained ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁now ▁they ▁have ▁two ▁sons . ▁ ▁She ▁and ▁her ▁family ▁live ▁near ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts . ▁ ▁Writing ▁career ▁After ▁taking ▁a