Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (born 1949) is a Cuban-born American writer. She has written a series of mystery stories, and two novels.

She was born in Havana, Cuba in July 1949. In 1960, she emigrated to the United States, living in Palm Beach, Florida, and then New York City. She graduated from college, with degrees in history and political science, a master's in language and linguistics, and an MBA in finance. She is currently working on a PhD in Latin American affairs.

She lives in Miami Beach, Florida, and is married (twice) with 3 daughters. In order to get realistic information for her mystery books, she became a licensed private investigator in Florida, and started a successful business in the field.

She has written a series of mystery books, featuring a female Cuban-American private investigator in Miami named Lupe (Guadalupe) Solano. The series is celebrated for its rich and detailed coverage of the Cuban American, Catholic, exile community in Florida, their history, and the differences and conflicts between the generations regarding Cuba and Fidel Castro. Her most recent books were two novels. She has not published any books since 2003.

List of Books

Lupe Solano series
# Bloody Waters (1996)
# Bloody Shame (1997)
# Bloody Secrets (1998)
# A Miracle in Paradise (1999)
# Havana Heat (2000)
# Bitter Sugar (2001)

Novels
* One Hot Summer (2002)
* Luck of the Draw (2003)

External links

* [http://www.carolinaontheweb.com/ Official website]