Carol lives in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Her first novel, 'Consider The Lilies was written as a result of research conducted into images of feral children and formed part of her PhD thesis gained from Edge Hill University in 2010. 'Consider The Lilies is set in Skelmersdale, Liverpool and Worcester and is the story of the life of a woman who was kept in a shed as a child with no human contact. It won the Impress Novel Prize for new writers in 2007 and was published in June 2008. She is also a keen local historian and self-published the first part of a history of her home town, 'Skelmersdale: a New Town in the Making' in 2014. 'Triple Death.' is a short story collection and is Carol's first self-published fiction venture. 'Plotlands' is a linked short story collection about a dystopian North Wales seaside resort Mere' Carol's second novel, 'Mere' was released in June 2018 and published by Thunderpoint Publishing Ltd. 'Mere' features the fortunes of three flawed characters set against the backdrop of the the drained bed of the Lancashire lake Martin Mere. Carol's latest novel, 'A Liver Bird Sings' a novel in the romantic/ coming of age genre, set in 1960s Liverpool was published in November 2019.She is currently working on the second part of her local history book and a dark novel featuring the history of Lathom House in Lancashire.