Carol Goodman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Vassar College, where she majored in Latin. After teaching Latin for several years, she studied for an MFA in fiction. Her writing has been published in a number of literary magazines. She currently teaches writing and lives on Long Island, New York. She also writes young adult and children's books and fantasy novels and uses the pseudonyms 'Juliet Dark' and 'Lee Carroll' (with Lee Slonimsky). Visit also this site.