Contemporary Author
This California native has authored six works of fiction and eight pieces of non-fiction. She divides her time as a reviewer for the Washionington Post, PEN Center USA West board member and teaching English at UCLA.
This lens is dedicated to her.
Three Reasons to Love Carolyn See
2. She's inspirational
3. She responds to fan mail!
Like Mother Like Daughter
Peony in Love: A Novel
Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 09/07/2008)
This book is currently brandishing a 4 star rating at Amazon. It made it into the NYT best sellers list in 2007.
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Carolyn See's Fiction Writing
She has published six works of fiction. Vote for your favorite below or click on the link to read book descriptions and reviews.
Carolyn See's Non-Fiction
- Making A Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers - 2002
- Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America - 1995
- Blue Money - 1973
- Two Schools of Thought - 1991
- The Mirrored Ball in the Hollywood Dance Hall - 1988
Making a Literary Life
Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers
Carolyn See distills a lifetime of experience as novelist, memoirist, critic, and creative-writing professor into this marvelously engaging how-to book. Partly the nuts and bolts of writing (plot, point of view, character, voice) and partly an inspirational guide to living the life you dream of, Making a Literary Life takes you from the decision to "become" a writer to three months after the publication of your first book. A combination of writing and life strategies (do not tell everyone around you how you yearn to be a writer; send a "charming note" to someone you admire in the industry five days a week, every week, for the rest of your life; find the perfect characters right in front of you), Making a Literary Life is for people not usually considered part of the literary loop: the non-East Coasters, the secret scribblers.Making a Literary Life is available from Amazon.com.
Alias and Collaboration
Monica Highland
* Greetings from Southern California - 1988
* 110 Shanghai Road - 1986
* Lotus Land - 1983
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The Reviewer
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Carolyn See reviews books for the Washington Post. Here are her latest reviews.
What a Trip - washingtonpost.com
BREAKFAST WITH BUDDHA By Roland Merullo1 point
Fear and Loathing - washingtonpost.com
GONZO The Life of Hunter S. Thompson An Oral Biogr more...0 points
A Chicago Original Looks Back - washingtonpost.com
TOUCH AND GO A Memoir By Studs Terkel0 points
No One Can Be This Stupid - washingtonpost.com
NEVER ENOUGH By Joe McGinniss0 points
Young Wife's Tales of Polygamy - washingtonpost.com
ESCAPE By Carolyn Jessop0 points
Breaking Faith - washingtonpost.com
JEZEBEL The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Que more...0 points
Prurient Little Rich Man - washingtonpost.com
HAROLD ROBBINS The Man Who Invented Sex By Andrew more...0 points
And That's When I Snapped - washingtonpost.com
SONS AND OTHER FLAMMABLE OBJECTS By Porochista Kha more...0 points
War Weary - washingtonpost.com
TRESPASS By Valerie Martin Nan A. Talese0 points
Awards
Learn more about The LA Times Book Prizes.
In 1989 Carolyn won the Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction. It is a yearly award to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts".
Learn more about the Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Carolyn's daughter Lisa also an author has a home on the web.
Visit Lisa See's Official Website.
