Carolyn has taught fiction writing at Harvard Extension and at Harvard Summer School, and has been on the faculty of Vermont College and Hamline University in their MFA Programs in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She currently offers Whole Novel Workshops for the Highlights Foundation.
Carolyn Coman is the author of Tell Me Everything, What Jamie Saw (a National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor book), Bee and Jacky, Many Stones (a National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor book), and, for younger readers, The Big House and Sneaking Suspicions, both illustrated by Rob Shepperson. She is also the author of Body and Soul, an adult book of interviews, in collaboration with photographer Judy Dater.
Carolyn graduated from Hampshire College and has worked as a hand bookbinder, an acquisitions editor for Heinemann (an educational publisher), and a teacher. Most recently she was editor-at-large for Front Street, Inc.
Carolyn resides in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, with her husband and her black dog, Shadow. She works in a small hut with a view of a pond and a pasture. She lives in her mind.