Carol Goodman 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 lives in Long Island, USA.Carol Goodman's books have been nominated for the IMPAC award twice, the Mary Higgins Clark award, and the Nero Wolfe Award. Her novel The Seduction of Water won the Hammett Prize.