Carol Goodman

Carol Goodman
Goodman in 2013
Occupations
  • Professor
  • author
SpouseLee Slonimsky
Writing career
Pen name
  • Juliet Dark
  • Lee Carroll
GenreGothic fiction

Carol Goodman, also known under the pseudonym Juliet Dark, is an American professor and author of gothic fiction who has also written under the pseudonym Lee Carroll with her husband Lee Slonimsky.[1] She is the two-time winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award[2] and winner of the Hammett Prize in 2003 for her novel Seduction of Water.[3] Goodman serves as a creative writing professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz.[4]

Published works

  • The Lake of Dead Languages (2002, Ballantine Books)[5]
  • The Seduction of Water (2003, Ballantine Books)[6]
  • The Drowning Tree (2004, Ballantine Books)[7][8]
  • The Ghost Orchid (2006, Ballantine Books)[9]
  • The Sonnet Lover (2007, Ballantine Books)[10]
  • The Night Villa (2008, Ballantine Books)[11]
  • Arcadia Falls (2010, Ballantine Books)[12][13]
  • River Road (2016, Touchstone Books)[14]
  • The Widow's House (2017, William Morrow and Company)[15]
  • The Metropolitans (2017, Viking Press)[16]
  • The Other Mother (William Morrow and Company, 2018)[17]
  • The Night Visitors (William Morrow and Company, 2019)[18]
  • The Sea of Lost Girls (William Morrow and Company, 2020)[19]
  • The Stranger Behind You (William Morrow and Company, 2021)[20]
  • The Disinvited Guest (William Morrow and Company, 2022)[21]
  • The Bones of the Story (William Morrow and Company, 2023)[22]
  • Return to Wyldcliffe Heights (William Morrow and Company, 2024)[23]
  • Writers and Liars (William Morrow and Company, 2025)[24]
  • Our Marriage Is Murder (William Morrow and Company, 2026)[25]

The Fairwick Chronicles (as Juliet Dark)

  1. The Demon Lover (2011, Ballantine Books)[26]
  2. The Water Witch (2012, Ballantine Books)[27]
  3. The Angel Stone (2013, Ballantine Books)[28]

Black Swan Rising (as Lee Carroll, with Lee Slominsky)

  1. Black Swan Rising (2010, Tor Books)[29]
  2. The Watchtower (2011, Tor Books)[30]
  3. The Shape Stealer (2013, Bantam Press)[31]

Blythewood Trilogy

  1. Blythewood (2013, Viking Books for Young Readers)[28]
  2. Ravencliffe (2014, Viking Books for Young Readers)[32]
  3. Hawthorn (2015, Viking Books for Young Readers)[33]

Awards

Carol Goodman received the Hammett Prize in 2003 for The Seduction of Water.[3][34] She has been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award five times and has won twice for her novels The Widow's House (2018) and The Night Visitors (2020).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shengold, Nina (March 1, 2012). "The Magical Lives of Carol Goodman". Chronogram.
  2. 1 2 "Category List – Mary Higgins Clark Award". Edgar® Awards Info & Database. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  3. 1 2 "Hammett Prize". LibraryThing. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  4. ↑ Platt, Frances Marion (18 January 2016). "New Paltz professor Carol Goodman releases new suspense novel". Hudson Valley One. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  5. ↑ Noonan, Erica (17 January 2002). "'Lake' Plunges Readers Into Involving Mystery". The Boston Globe. p. D3.
  6. ↑ Dodson, Cathy Richard (June 20, 2005). "Review of THE SEDUCTION OF WATER by Carol Goodman". BooksForABuck.com. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  7. ↑ Maas, Judith (August 26, 2004). "In 'The Drowning Tree,' a quirky mystery is buoyed by humanity". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  8. ↑ Stasio, Marilyn (2006-02-05). "Ghost Writers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  9. ↑ Jacobson, Trudi E. (August 2006). "The Ghost Orchid". Historical Novel Society. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  10. ↑ "'Sonnet Lover' a winning blend of prose and plot". Chicago Tribune. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  11. ↑ Spence, Monica E. (November 2008). "The Night Villa". Historical Novel Society. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  12. ↑ Weinman, Sarah (7 March 2010). "Dark Passages: Boarding school gothic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Fiction Review: Arcadia Falls". Publishers Weekly. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  14. ↑ Williams, Celeste (January 27, 2016). "New & notable book: Carol Goodman's 'River Road'". Forth Worth Star-Telegram.
  15. ↑ Conrad, James (2017-03-01). "Book Review: The Widow's House". Chronogram Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  16. ↑ "THE METROPOLITANS". Kirkus Reviews. November 15, 2016.
  17. ↑ "THE OTHER MOTHER". Kirkus Reviews. December 23, 2017.
  18. ↑ Romo, K.L. (April 4, 2019). "The Night Visitors: A Novel". Washington Independent Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2019-10-25.
  19. ↑ Gwartney, Missi (2020-03-31). "The Sea of Lost Girls by Carol Goodman". The Gloss. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  20. ↑ Millman, Jodé (2021-07-06). "Don't Look Now, There's 'The Stranger Behind You'". BookTrib. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  21. ↑ Dumpleton, Elise (2022-07-11). "Q&A: Carol Goodman, Author of 'The Disinvited Guest'". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  22. ↑ "The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman". Publishers Weekly. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  23. ↑ Holstine, Lesa (May 1, 2024). "Return to Wyldcliffe Heights". Library Journal. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  24. ↑ Ciccarelli, Julie (May 1, 2025). "Writers and Liars". Library Journal. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  25. ↑ "Our Marriage Is Murder by Carol Goodman". Publishers Weekly. 2026-04-17. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  26. ↑ "THE DEMON LOVER". Kirkus Reviews. November 2, 2011.
  27. ↑ Craig, Anne Pyburn (2013-02-01). "Book Review: The Water Witch". Chronogram Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  28. 1 2 Craig, Anne Pyburn (2013-10-01). "Book Review: Blythewood and The Angel Stone". Chronogram Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  29. ↑ "BLACK SWAN RISING". Kirkus Reviews. June 1, 2010.
  30. ↑ "The Watchtower by Lee Carroll". Publishers Weekly. June 13, 2011. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  31. ↑ Russell, Vinca (May 29, 2014). "The Shape Stealer (Black Swan Rising book 3) by Lee Carroll (book review)". SFCrowsnest.
  32. ↑ Maughan, Shannon (July 18, 2014). "Fall 2014 Children's Announcements: Publishers M-R". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  33. ↑ "HAWTHORN". Kirkus Reviews. August 30, 2015.
  34. ↑ "THE SEDUCTION OF WATER by Carol Goodman". Publishers Weekly. 2002-11-11. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
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