Carolyn Parkhurst (born January 18, 1971,

Manchester, New Hampshire Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644. Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Ha ...

) is an American author who has published five books. Her first, the 2003 best-seller '' The Dogs of Babel'' also known as ''Lorelei's Secret'' in the UK, was a ''

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'' Notable Book and on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. She followed that effort with ''The New York Times'' bestselling ''Lost and Found'' in June 2006 and '' The Nobodies Album'' in June 2010. Her first children's book, written with Dan Yaccarino, ''Cooking with Henry and Elliebelly'', was released in Fall, 2010. Parkhurst says she wrote her first story at age three by dictating ''The Table Family'' to her mother. An only child, she grew up in

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; her parents separated when she was two years old. Parkhurst spent so much time reading as a child, she had to be sent outside to play. She attended Belmont Day School and the

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in Boston. Her first story in print was for a Halloween contest by a local newspaper. Her first job in publishing came at age 15, writing record reviews for ''

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'' magazine. Parkhurst received her B.A. degree from

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and an M.F.A. in creative writing from American University. Married since 1998 and the mother of two children, she currently resides in Washington, D.C.

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Author's website
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