Featured Author Carrie Stuart Parks

Q: What one thing would you like readers to know about you?

A. When it comes to writing, I always seek to improve my craft, write better, share the experiences I’ve had, and, Lord willing, share a Biblical truth without preaching.

Q: What is the craziest, most risk-taking thing you’ve ever done?

A. Oh, my, so many things I could share… maybe getting locked into a jail cell with a double-homicide killer to do a composite sketch. Yiiiiiiikkkkksss!

Q: Tell me three things about yourself that would surprise your readers.

In a case of mistaken identity, I was arrested for selling drugs in Cape Town, South Africa. (I’ve never touched drugs—and the description was a girl with long blond hair and blue jeans.)
I just completed my AKC Great Pyrenees judging license.
I didn’t know “what I wanted to do when I grew up,” so it took 5 colleges/universities and twenty-two years to get my degree.

Q: Would you tell us about your current book release, Fragments of Fear, and where the idea for this story came from?

A. My husband, Rick, usually suggests the location based on where he wants to visit (!)We placed it in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Evelyn McTavish’s world came crashing down with the suicide of her fiancé. As she struggles to put her life back together and make a living from her art, she receives a call that her dog is about to be destroyed at the pound. Except she doesn’t own a dog. But the shelter is adamant that the microchip embedded in the canine with her name and address makes it hers.

Evelyn recognizes the dog as one owned by archaeologist John Coyote because she did a commissioned drawing of the two of them. The simple solution is to return the dog to his owner—but she arrives only to discover John’s murdered body.

As Evelyn herself becomes a target, her path crosses with undercover FBI agent Sawyer Price. But the more he gets to know her, the more personally invested he is in keeping her safe. They’re desperate to find the links between these disparate pieces. And the clock is ticking.

Carrie Stuart parks

Carrie Stuart Parks is a multiple Christy finalist as well as an Inspy and Carol award-winning author. An internationally known forensic artist, she travels with her husband, Rick, across the US and Canada teaching courses in forensic art to law enforcement professionals. The author/illustrator of numerous books on drawing and painting, Carrie continues to create dramatic, award-winning watercolors from her studio in the mountains of Idaho.

Mentored by New York Times best-selling author, Frank Peretti, Carrie began writing fiction while battling stage II breast cancer. Now in remission, she continues to encourage other women struggling through the effects of cancer.

Animals have always been a large part of her life. Her parents started Skeel Kennel Great Pyrenees in 1960. Carrie inherited the kennel and continues with her beloved dogs both showing and as an AKC judge. She is the former president of the Great Pyrenees Club of America and a columnist for the AKC Gazette.