KAREN SCHALER
3-Time Emmy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Author, Journalist and Public Speaker

"What Schaler has accomplished... is mind-blowing." - FORBES

Karen Schaler is a three-time Emmy Award-winning multihyphenate, screenwriter, producer, bestselling author, journalist, and national TV host. Karen’s brand is "Smart with Heart." She writes romantic comedies, comedies, and dramas for film and TV.

Karen has written movies for Netflix, Hallmark, and Lifetime, including the Netflix Original sensation A Christmas Prince.  To adapt her own IP for film and TV Karen also writes bestselling novels. In 2022, Karen wrote and produced Audible's showcased romantic comedy Once Upon A Christmas Carol featuring a full cast of actors and musicians that's a Top 10 Audible Bestseller!  She is also writing the movie, owning the IP.

“Karen is one of the most masterful seasonal storytellers writing today with a gift for distilling warmth and magic into profoundly uplifting storylines.” –Rose Hilliard, Executive Editor, Audible Originals