{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Karla Hocker, a native of Germany, was the author of fourteen Regency novels and various novellas. She attributed her love of the English language and her fascination with the Regency period to a three-year stay in England. Karla lived with her family -- and far too many cats -- in San Antonio, Texas. She passed away after a battle with cancer on May 28, 2004."}, "name": "Karla Hocker", "personal_name": "Karla Hocker", "death_date": "2004", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "photos": [8372561], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-02-17T08:17:58.257262"}, "latest_revision": 4, "key": "/authors/OL764158A", "birth_date": "1946", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "revision": 4}