SALLY CARPENTER

Sally Carpenter is a native Hoosier living in Southern California. She has a master’s degree in theater from Indiana State University. While in school, her plays Star Collector and Common Ground were finalists in the American College Theater Festival One-Act Playwrighting Competition. Common Ground also earned a college creative writing award. Star Collector was produced in New York City.

Star Collector was the inspiration behind the Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol series: The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper (finalist for the 2012 Eureka! Award for best first mystery novel), The Sinister Sitcom Caper, The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper, The Quirky Quiz Show Caper, The Notorious Noel Caper and The Highland Havoc Caper.

The Psychedelic Spy series, set in 1967, comprises Flower Power Fatality and Hippie Haven Homicide.

Sally has short stories in three anthologies: “Dark Nights at the Deluxe Drive-in” in Last Exit to Murder; “Faster Than a Speeding Bullet” in Plan B: Omnibus and “The Puzzling Puppet Show Caper,” a Sandy Fairfax adventure, in Cozy Cat Shorts. She penned Chapter Three of the CCP group mystery Chasing the Codex.

She has a Master of Divinity and a black belt in tae kwon do. Past jobs include college writing instructor, jail chaplain, newspaper columnist and tour guide/page for Paramount Pictures. She works in a public library, and she’s a cat mom.

Reach her at http://sandyfairfaxauthor.com or facebook.com/sally.carpenter.54 or sallywriter05@gmail.com.