Pseudonym is also Lee Karr Leona Karr is a Colorado native who published her first novel in 1980. Her honors include the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year and Colorado's Romance Writer of the Year awards. She is also known as Lee Karr. As an author for the Harlequin Intrigue imprint, Leona Karr has published 18 novels. She is the author of over 30 novels, specializing in Romantic Suspense.