Carolyn Gage is an American playwright, actor, theatrical director and author. She has written nine books on lesbian theater and sixty-five plays, musicals, and one-woman shows. A lesbian feminist, her work emphasizes non-traditional roles for women and lesbian characters.
Carolyn Haines, who uses the pseudonyms R.B. Chesterton, Caroline Burnes, and Lizzie Hart, is a prolific mystery author and former journalist specializing in mysteries set in the Mississippi Delta.
Carolyn Haywood was an American writer and illustrator from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She created 47 children's books, most notably the series under the "Eddie" and "Betsy" titles.
Carolyn Hougan (1943 – February 25, 2007) was an American author.
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, River Heights, and the Nancy Drew Notebooks.
Carolyn Mackler is an American author. She has written ten novels for teens and young people, including Infinite in Between; Not If I Can Help It; The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, which won an honorable mention from the Michael L. Printz award; Vegan Virgin Valentine; Guyaholic; and Tangled. Her first novel for adults, The Wife App, received praise from authors such as Judy Blume and Gabrielle Zevin.
Carolyn Marsden is an American author. Educated at University of Colorado and Vermont College of Fine Arts, Marsden worked as a bilingual elementary teacher before she became a published author. Marsden has written 14 books for young adults including The Gold-Threaded Dress (2002), Mama Had to Work on Christmas (2003), Silk Umbrellas (2004), Moon Runner (2005), The Quail Club (2006), The Jade Dragon (2006), Bird Springs (2007), When Heaven Fell (2007), The Buddha's Diamonds (2008), Sahwira: An African Friendship (2009), Take Me With You (2010), Starfields (2011), The White Zone (2012) and My Own Revolution (2012).
Carolyn Merchant is an American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science most famous for her theory on The Death of Nature, whereby she identifies the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century as the period when science began to atomize, objectify, and dissect nature, foretelling its eventual conception as composed of inert atomic particles. Her works are important in the development of environmental history and the history of science. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at UC Berkeley.
Carolyn Meyer is an American author of novels for children and young adults.
Carolyn Parkhurst 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 New York Times Notable Book and on The New York Times Best Seller List.
