Carroll, Terry

Raised on a farm in Elgin County in southwestern Ontario, Terry Carroll graduated from Trent University and worked as a farm hand, sod farm manager, newspaper publisher in Ontario and Alberta, and United Way manager in Elgin. With his wife, Nancy, he resides in St. Thomas, Ontario, where they publish The St. Thomas Elgin Weekly News and Elgin This Month. Terry is currently at work on another crime novel.

Selected Bibliography:
Snow Candy. Toronto, ON: The Mercury Press, 2007
Body Contact. Toronto, ON: The Mercury Press, 2006
No Blood Relative. Stratford, ON: The Mercury Press, 1995

Snow Candy
A double murder, a farmhouse arson, a mysterious fire at a strip club owned by bikers … Fast-paced and violent, Snow Candy depicts the struggles of very human police officers.

Body Contact
Constable Carl North sets out to discover for himself the truth behind a woman’s disappearance, risking his marriage, his job, and his life. Body Contact – it can be fatal.

Awards:
Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, 1996, for No Blood Relative
Winner, Edmonton Journal Literary Award, 1987, for best short story
Shortlisted, Golden Horseshoe Story Award, Crime Writers of Canada, 2005
Second place, Great Canadian Story Contest, Storyteller Magazine, 2006
Longlisted, ReLit Awards, 2007, for Body Contact
Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, 2008, for Snow Candy
Longlisted, ReLit Awards, 2008, for Snow Candy

Website:
www.carrollgroup.ca

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