About Me:
Carolyn Lyall is a Book Excellence Award Finalist.
Carolyn was born in Stockton-On-Tees, United Kingdom. She grew up in Northern England loving sports, reading, amateur dramatics, and dreamed of visiting other worlds. Her passion for what could be drove her forward when faced with everyday struggles. Her first memorable skirmish with gender inequality came at nine-years old when she was told girls weren’t allowed to play soccer. In response, she simply refused to do any classwork until they changed their old-fashioned policies. Happily girls soccer became a recognized sport from then on.
Carolyn moved to London in her early twenties and enrolled in night school for computer science. She was quickly recognized for her ability to fit in anywhere and for not being afraid to push back in this predominantly male occupation. She eventually became a project manager in software development and micro-computers, bridging the gap between computer programmers and management for a London based broker.
Her dream to travel was finally realized in 1990 when she moved to New York City, USA with her husband and the first of three sons. This was the stepping stone to a lifelong adventure that has taken her and her family to India, Belgium and Hong Kong before returning to New York.
Raising her family in multiple countries around the world, she saw that each move, while a shock, was also an opportunity for her sons to redefine themselves against new challenges and different cultural norms. Now, that her sons have left home, Carolyn has used her passion for the fantastic to create a world in The Virus of Beauty Series where everyday gender inequalities are at the forefront of a world ending conflict. She shares this story through the eyes of a young man, Wilf, who is suddenly thrust into this new world along with all of his own woes and prejudices. The introduction to this world is in Carolyn’s debut YA fantasy novel, The Virus of Beauty – Book 1, first released July 31, 2019 under C B Lyall. The Veil of Corruption – Book 2 was released in November 2020 and the final book in the trilogy, The Vassal of Magic – Book 3 was released in May 2022. She is currently working on an adult historical fantasy series – No Place for Decent Women.
Carolyn has also published two short stories in an annual anthology by the Women in Publishing Society Hong Kong. She had a major role in the distribution of these publications, maintained the Society’s website, and wrote a number of articles for the American Women’s Associates Magazine. She also had a short story published in 25 Servings of Soop – Volume I. Fueled by her love of the works of Cassandra Clare, Sarah J Maas, Naomi Novik, V.E. Schwaab, Holly Black, and others, Carolyn has completed a number of writing courses, which included a Master Fantasy/Science Fiction writers course with Gotham Writers’ Workshop, a YA Voice class and Advance Novel Writing course at Sarah Lawrence College’s Writing Institute.
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