Carol's
first novel, Night Stalker, was also her first sale. "A dandy
read," wrote author Tony Hillerman. It went into three printings and
became the flagship for the sub-genre "Woman in Jeopardy" at
Kensington Publishers—strong heroines pitted against evil opponents.
Reviewers have said of her villains: [Night Prey] "Luce's
portrayal of a psychopathic mountain man is chilling..." [Night
Game] "The villain is evil personified."
In addition to five published novels, Carol's short story "Shattered
Crystal" appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Magazine
and Treadmill Tales (audio). E-reads Publications reprinted Night Passage in e-book format and POD. Nonfiction publications
include two articles for Writer's Digest. One article, "Writing
Suspense That'll Kill Your Readers," was recently reprinted in the
2002 The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing (Writer's Digest
Books).
Carol is a senior editor for a small romantic press. For nine years
running she has critiqued entries for the national writers' contest,
Southwest Writer's Annual Writing Competition, and twice judged entries
for Western Nevada Community College (the Lone Mountain Fiction Writers
Contest), as well as acting as a novel evaluator for the University of
Nevada Press. Carol is a co-founder of The Unnamed Writer's Group in her
community, and a frequent participant of workshops and writing panels.
Her work-in-progress has a Hollywood flavor—old and new...a Whatever
Happened to Baby Jane meets Rear Window on Sunset
Boulevard. She also has a fictionalized memoir simmering on the back
burner just waiting for the characters to finish their story.