Dr. Carole B. Shmurak is Professor Emeritus at Central
Connecticut State University, where she still teaches a course
in the history and philosophy of education. She was a chemistry
and biology teacher in private schools in New York and
Connecticut for 20 years prior to coming to CCSU. She is the
author of ten books, including Deadmistress, and Death
by Committee, featuring professor/sleuth Susan Lombardi. Her
third Lombardi mystery, Death at Hilliard High, will be
released in September 2009. Under the pseudonym Carroll Thomas,
she is the co-author of the Matty Trescott young adult novels,
one of which (Ring Out Wild Bells) was nominated for the
Agatha for best young adult mystery of 2001.
Mysteries by Author:
- Susan Lombardi Series:
- Deadmistress
- Death by Committee
- Death at Hilliard High
- As Carroll Thomas:
- Ring Out Wild Bells (young adult)
Other Books by Author:
- Voices of Hope (non-fiction)
- As Carroll Thomas:
- Matty's War
- Blue Creek Farm
- Riding by Starlight
- The Town on Rambling Creek
- Under the Open Sky