Background
Daughter of Lawrence, an engineer, and Mary, a librarian whose maiden name was Sensiba, Wheat, Mrs. Wheat was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, on August 8, 1946.
Daughter of Lawrence, an engineer, and Mary, a librarian whose maiden name was Sensiba, Wheat, Mrs. Wheat was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, on August 8, 1946.
Carolyn Wheat was a graduate of the University of Toledo, from which she received Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and Juris Doctor in 1971.
Mrs. Wheat served as a staff attorney at New York City Police Department, New York City, between 1987 and 1991. During 1991-1994 she occupied the post of a legal writing instructor at Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY. In 1995-1996 she was an artist-in-residence at University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK.
Quotations:
"I write mysteries because I read mysteries. I read mysteries because I love them; I m fortunate and thrilled to be reading and writing in the genre during what everyone has begun to call ‘the Second Golden Age of the mystery."
"I’m fascinated by legal issues that create a large impact on the lives of ordinary people, issues such as adoption, which forms the basis for my third mystery, Fresh Kills."