Caroline Medora Sale Roe (born 1943; died November 7, 2021) was a Canadian novelist who wrote detective novels as Medora Sale and historical mystery novels as Caroline Roe. Caroline Medora Sale was born in Windsor, Ontario. She received a BA from the University of Toronto, and a

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in Medieval Studies from the same university. Her PhD research involved religious diversity in the Medieval Era. Before becoming a full-time writer, she taught at

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and also worked in advertising and as a

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, translator, and caseworker. She married the medievalist Harry Roe in 1970; they had one daughter, Anne. Her books as Medora Sale are ''The Spider Bites'' (2010), ''Murder on the Run'' (1985), ''Murder in Focus'' (1989), ''Murder in a Good Cause'' (1990), ''Sleep of the Innocent'' (1991), ''Pursued by Shadows'' (1992), and ''A Short Cut to Santa Fe'' (1994). They are

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novels set around Toronto and featuring the characters of John Sanders, a homicide detective, and Harriet Jeffries, an

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. Her books as Caroline Roe are ''Remedy for Treason'' (1998), ''Cure for a Charlatan'' (1999), ''An Antidote for Avarice'' (1999), ''Solace for a Sinner'' (2000), ''A Potion for a Widow'' (2001), ''A Draught for a Dead Man'' (2002), ''A Poultice for a Healer'' (2003), and ''Consolation for an Exile'' (2004). These historical mystery novels draw upon Roe's PhD research, and feature a 14th-century Jewish doctor who is physician to the Bishop of Girona. Roe was president of Crime Writers of Canada and of the international board of

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. Roe won the Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel in 1985 (for ''Murder on the Run''), and a Barry Award in 1999 (for ''An Antidote for Avarice'').

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