Carolyn Marsden

I've always loved to write. As a teen I wrote short stories and novellas, then added poetry later on.  I started to write for children after my own children were born and developed a genre of my own-- short, multicultural and historical fiction set all over the world.

 

I've just finished book one of a Middle Grade Sci Fi that takes place in the far future. I wrote this novel in collaboration with author/illustrator Andrea Zimmerman.

 

I've completed final drafts of two novels set in Thailand. The first is a fictionalized account of my husband's time in the Northern Thai jungle as a revolutionary in the 1970s. The second is a Middle Grade novel telling the story of my Thai mother-in-law who was a child during World War 2 when the Japanese occupied Thailand. My mother-in-law's family was part of the underground resistance.

 

I'm working on a Middle Grade novel about a girl who skateboards and also longs to surf. She doesn't live far from the ocean but has no way of getting there. 

 

Also in progress is a YA sci fi. A girl is on the verge of dying during the 7th Pandemic. At the last moment, her Essence is extracted and stored in the Nebula. A year later Raven's Essence is downloaded into the body of a dead girl, leading to intriguing complications.

 

I love to do collage with found objects and have put several of my picture books up on Amazon in the Kindle Store.