Kaira Rouda – Wiki, Bio, Age, Husband, Net Worth

In 2011, Rouda turned her focus to writing fiction writing full-time, with an emphasis on women’s fiction and domestic suspense. A USA Today bestselling author, her novel Best Day Ever (2017) earned acclaim from such outlets as Kirkus Reviews, Book Reporter, The Huffington Post and The Charlotte News-Observer as well as internationally

Rouda relocated to Southern California in 2009. There, she became an active volunteer for her children’s schools. Currently, she is a volunteer for the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach, while serving on committees for the Tahirih Justice Center and Working Wardrobes/VetNet. She is a member of Human Rights Watch, Southern California board.

In 2002, she created the Columbus, Ohio-based franchise company, Real Living Real Estate. Built as the first female-focused residential real estate brand, Rouda grew the brand to more than 22 states before its sale to Brookfield Residential Property Services, a Toronto based firm. The Real Living real estate franchise was eventually sold to Berkshire Hathaway, and continues to receive accolades for its brand.  

For her civic service, Rouda has been honored with the Ohio Sertoma Service to Mankind Award, Kiwanis Humanitarian Award and Northwest Rotary Woman of the Year award. In 1991, she was named Citizen of the Year, Columbus Board of Realtors. The following year, she earned a national Kiwanis Service to Humanity Award.

Rouda now resides in Laguna Beach in Orange County, California, with her husband, US Representative Harley Rouda..  Rouda has four adult children, including Harley Edwin Rouda III (Trace), born July 15, 1991; Avery Robinson Rouda, born May 24, 1993; Shea Phillips Rouda, born August 30, 1994; and Dylan Buchanan Rouda, born June 12, 1996.

In the early 1990s, Rouda began her career as a reporter for Business First newspaper, a member of the ACBJ chain. She switched to a marketing career beginning as an account executive for Fahlgren & Swink, a regional advertising agency, before assuming the role of Vice President of Marketing at Stanley Steemer International in 1995.

Rouda earned a Bachelor of Arts in English, magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN in 1985.

Kaira Sturdivant Rouda (born May 17, 1963) is an American author, journalist, public speaker, marketing executive and entrepreneur. She is the USA Today bestselling author best known for novels of psychological suspense, including Best Day Ever and All the Difference. Her novel The Favorite Daughter was released in May 2019.

Kaira Sturdivant was born on May 17, 1963 in Evanston, Illinois, US, to Patricia Ann Robinson Sturdivant, a community volunteer from Santa Cruz, California, and Frederick David Sturdivant, PhD, a retired professor and management consultant from San Jose, California. Her siblings include sister Lisha Sturdivant Wise of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and Brian Sturdivant of Piedmont, California.