Carol M. Cram
author : Carol M. CramCarol M. Cram is the author of three works of historical literary fiction. Her first novel, The Towers of Tuscany (Lake Union Publishing, 2014) and her second novel, A Woman of Note (Lake Union Publishing, 2015) were both designated Editors’ Choice by the Historical Novel Society in the UK, and both won First in Category for the Chaucer and Goethe Awards (Chanticleer Book Awards), with The Towers of Tuscany also winning the Grand Prize Chaucer Award for best historical novel pre-1750. The Muse of Fire, Carol’s third novel, was released in January, 2018 by Kindle Press (e-book) and New Arcadia Publishing (paperback) and won a Bronze for Best Historical Fiction in the Independent Publishers' Awards and a First in Category from the Goethe awards.\n\nCarol is also the author of over fifty best-selling college textbooks in computer applications and communications for a major US publisher (Cengage Learning) and was on faculty at Capilano University in North Vancouver for over two decades. In addition, she was Vice President of Clear Communications Consultants and facilitated numerous communications workshops for corporate and government clients. Carol holds an MA in Drama from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. She lives with her husband, painter Gregg Simpson, on beautiful Bowen Island near Vancouver, BC, where she teaches Nia dance and volunteers for the local arts council after serving as its president for 10 years.\n\nCarol has recently launched Art In Fiction (www.artinfiction.com), a directory of over 1,000 novels inspired by the arts. She blogs regularly on both Art In Fiction about novels inluced in the directory and on her personal site (www.carolcram.com) about travel, writing, and running an online business.\nCarol M. Cram Book Series
author : Carol M. CramCarol M. Cram is the author of three works of historical literary fiction. Her first novel, The Towers of Tuscany (Lake Union Publishing, 2014) and her second novel, A Woman of Note (Lake Union Publishing, 2015) were both designated Editors’ Choice by the Historical Novel Society in the UK, and both won First in Category for the Chaucer and Goethe Awards (Chanticleer Book Awards), with The Towers of Tuscany also winning the Grand Prize Chaucer Award for best historical novel pre-1750. The Muse of Fire, Carol’s third novel, was released in January, 2018 by Kindle Press (e-book) and New Arcadia Publishing (paperback) and won a Bronze for Best Historical Fiction in the Independent Publishers' Awards and a First in Category from the Goethe awards.\n\nCarol is also the author of over fifty best-selling college textbooks in computer applications and communications for a major US publisher (Cengage Learning) and was on faculty at Capilano University in North Vancouver for over two decades. In addition, she was Vice President of Clear Communications Consultants and facilitated numerous communications workshops for corporate and government clients. Carol holds an MA in Drama from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. She lives with her husband, painter Gregg Simpson, on beautiful Bowen Island near Vancouver, BC, where she teaches Nia dance and volunteers for the local arts council after serving as its president for 10 years.\n\nCarol has recently launched Art In Fiction (www.artinfiction.com), a directory of over 1,000 novels inspired by the arts. She blogs regularly on both Art In Fiction about novels inluced in the directory and on her personal site (www.carolcram.com) about travel, writing, and running an online business.\n