Carolyn See

Infobox Writer
name = Carolyn See


birthdate = birth date|1934|01|13|df=y
birthplace = Pasadena, California
spouses = Richard See, Tom Sturak
children = Lisa See, Clara Sturak
notableworks =
occupation = Novelist, Professor, Critic
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Carolyn See is the author of nine books, including the memoir, "Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America", and advice book on writing, "Making a Literary Life", and novels "There Will Never Be Another You" and "The Handyman."

She is the Friday-morning reviewer for "The Washington Post", and she has been on the boards of the National Book Critics Circle and PENWest International. She has won both the Guggenheim fellowship and the Getty Center fellowship. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California.

See has also written books under the pen name Monica Highland, a name she shared with two others, her daughter Lisa See and her longtime companion, John Espey who passed away in 2000.

See is known for writing novels set in Los Angeles and has co-edited books that revolve around the city, including a book of short stories, "LA Shorts", and the pictorial books "Santa Monica Bay: Paradise by the Sea : A Pictorial History of Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Ocean Part, Pacific Palisades, Topanga & Malibu", and "The California Pop-Up Book", which celebrates the city's unique architecture.

Books by Carolyn See

Novels

* "The Rest Is Done with Mirrors". New York, Little Brown, 1970.
* "Mothers, Daughters". New York, Coward McCann Geoghegan, 1977.
* "Rhine Maidens". New York, Coward McCann Geoghegan, 1980; Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin, 1981.
* "Golden Days". New York, McGraw Hill, 1986; London, Century, 1987.
* "Making History". New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
* "The Handyman". New York, Random House, 1999.
* "There Will Never Be Another You". New York, Random House, 2006.

Non-Fiction

* "Blue Money: Pornography and the Pornographers". New York, Rawson, 1973.
* "Two Schools of Thought", with John Espey. Santa Barbara, California, Daniel, 1991.
* "Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America." New York, Random House, 1995.
* "Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers" New York, Random House, 2002.

Novels as Monica Highland (with Lisa See and John Espey)

* "Lotus Land". New York, McGraw Hill, 1983.
* "110 Shanghai Road". New York, McGraw Hill, 1986.
* "Greetings from Southern California". New York, McGraw Hill, 1988.

External links

* [http://www.carolynsee.com/bio.html "About the Author," Carolyn See's official site]
* [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4721/See-Carolyn.html "Extended biography," Jrank]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/rc/library/display.pperl?isbn=9780345440471&view=qa Conversation with Carolyn and Lisa See]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2008/02/27/LI2008022702387.html Review archive -- The Washington Post]
* [http://articles.latimes.com/writers/carolyn-see Article archive -- The Los Angeles Times]