Caroline (CJ) Carver (born October 1959 in

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) was born and brought up in the UK before moving to Australia where she lived for ten years. She worked in publishing as a book rep and marketing manager for Transworld Publishers, and when she took time off, it was to backpack through South-East Asia. Carver has been a travel writer and long-distance rally driver, driving from London to

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, London to

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and covering 14,000 miles on the Inca Trail. Carver is a founding judge of the Women's World Car of The Year Award. Carver's first novel, ''Blood Junction'', won the

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Debut Dagger, was shortlisted in the USA for the Barry Award, and was selected by

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as one of the best mystery books of the year. ''Spare Me The Truth'' (published 2016) was nominated for the

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in 2017. She has written nine more novels which have been published in the UK, USA, and translated into over sixteen languages. She lives with her husband near Bath, England.

Bibliography

* 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'' * 2022 — ''100 Ways to Write a Book''

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 {{UK-writer-stub