Caroline (CJ) Carver (born in October 1959 in London) is a British author who has lived in the UK and Australia.
Early life
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
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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.
Career
Carver's first novel, ''Blood Junction'', won the
CWA Debut Dagger, was shortlisted for the
Barry Award, and was selected by
Publishers Weekly
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as one of the best mystery books of the year.
''Spare Me The Truth'' (published 2016) was nominated for the
Ngaio Marsh Award
The Ngaio Marsh Awards (formerly Ngaio Marsh Award), popularly called the Ngaios, are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand to recognise excellence in crime fiction, mystery fiction, mystery, and thriller writing. The Awards were est ...
in 2017. Carver lives with her husband near
Bath
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** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
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* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
, England.
Works
* 2001 – ''Blood Junction''
* 2003 – ''Dead Heat''
* 2004 – ''Black Tide''
* 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
External links
Official Website
1959 births
Living people
British thriller writers
British women novelists
21st-century British novelists
21st-century British women writers
Women thriller writers
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