Since her 2000 debut, she's been flown to Israel, taught writing in the U.S., Canada, and Scotland, and answered mail from New Zealand, Kuwait, the slopes of Denali, and beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Her twelve epic fantasy novels have won national and international awards, including multiple Colorado Book Awards and the 2009 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. In a starred review, Publisher's Weekly calls Carol's latest novel, The Soul Mirror, "one to savor."