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Caroline Carver (author)

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Caroline (CJ) Carver (born in October 1959 in London) is a British author who has lived in the UK and Australia.

Early life

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Caroline Carverwas was born in London, UK in October 1959. Throughout her early years, she worked as a book rep and marketing manager for Transworld Publishers, taking time off to backpack through South-East Asia. Carver has been a travel writer and long-distance rally driver, driving from London to Saigon to Cape Town and covering 14,000 miles on the Inca Trail. Carver is a founding judge of the Women's World Car of The Year Award.[1][2][3]

Career

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Carver's first novel, Blood Junction, won the CWA Debut Dagger,[4] was shortlisted for the Barry Award, and was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best mystery books of the year.[5] Spare Me The Truth (published 2016) was nominated for the Ngaio Marsh Award in 2017. Carver lives with her husband near Bath, England.

Works

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  • 2001 — Blood Junction[6]
  • 2003 — Dead Heat[7]
  • 2004 — Black Tide[8]
  • 2005 — Beneath The Snow
  • 2007 — Gone Without Trace
  • 2009 — Back With Vengeance
  • 2010 — The Honest Assassin
  • 2016 — Spare Me The Truth
  • 2017 — Tell Me A Lie
  • 2018 — Know Me Now
  • 2019 — Over Your Shoulder
  • 2019 — Cold Echo
  • 2020 — Deep Black Lies
  • 2020 — The Snow Thief
  • 2021 — Scare Me to Death
  • 2023 - A Treachery of Friends

References

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  1. ^ "CAROLINE CARVER: Adventurer & Writer". www.shotsmag.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ "CJ Carver | Frost Magazine". www.frostmagazine.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ Admin, Writing IE (7 December 2017). "My Path to Publication: Know Me Now by CJ Carver". Writing.ie. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Winning the Debut Dagger by C J Carver — The Crime Writers' Association". thecwa.co.uk. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ "BLOOD JUNCTION by Caroline Carver". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Blood Junction". Goodreads. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Dead Heat". Goodreads. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Black Tide". Goodreads. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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