Quick Facts
Biography
"Carly Phillips" is the pen name which novelist Karen Drogin (born July 7, 1965 in New York) has used as her by-line for over twenty-three best-selling contemporary romance novels that she has written. According to CarlyPhillips.com, her net-site, Drogin is a former attorney who was unhappy with her practice of law.
Awards
- Waldenbooks Bestselling Author Award
- Oklahoma Romance Writers of America National Readers' Choice Award
- Virginia Romance Writers of America's Holt Medallion
- Greater Detroit Romance Writers of America Booksellers' Best
- Dorothy Parker Award for Excellence
Internet meme
Starting in 2011 an internet meme featuring a picture of Phillips spread online called the Sheltering Suburban Mom; the captions on the image typically illustrated the perceived out-of-touch double standards suburban mothers hold against their children or their peers. Phillips herself was initially unaware of the meme itself; when it was first brought to her attention she claims to have been distressed, thinking it was about herself, not the archetype; she came to understand the joke now and claims she is nothing like the supposed suburban mothers.