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The home of Carol Fenlon, northern female novelist and freelance writer of magazine articles and short stories. Carol lives in Lancashire and has been writing short stories, articles and poems for many years, which have been published in mainstream magazines and small press publications. She has also won prizes for her work in many literary competitions. Her debut novel Consider The Lilies won the Impress Novel Prize 2007 and was published by Impress Books in June 2008. Carol is also a keen local historian and published Skelmersdale: A New Town in the Making, Part One in June 2014. Triple Death a short story collection was published in June 2016 and Plotlands a collection of linked short stories about a rundown seaside shanty town was published in November 2016. An autobiography You Can’t, You Won’t written for Gary Skyner, one of the first thalidomide children born in UK was published in 2017. All titles are available in print from Amazon and major book sellers and also are available as kindle editions. Mere a chilling novel set in Lancashire,was published in June 2018 by Thunderpoint publishing. Carol’s latest publication, A Liver Bird Sings is the coming-of-age story of a sixteen year old girl with stars in her eyes, set in 1960s Liverpool. See My Books page to read details and extracts from all titles.
Carol is an active member of several writing groups, including Edge Hill University’s Narrative Research Group and she is secretary of Skelmersdale Writers’ Group and is a member of the Society of Authors. An experienced creative writing tutor she ran courses for several years at Caerleon Writers’ Holiday and Fishguard Writers’ Holiday as well as running classes at Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk and many other local venues. She was honoured to be part of the first appearance of the giant children in Liverpool for the Sea Odyssey street event, running workshops with a group composing letters from passengers on the Titanic. Carol enjoys giving talks and readings in her local area, both of her fiction work and also on the history of Skelmersdale. It is also an honour to be asked to judge writing competitions and Carol always enjoys reading the varied entries although it is often hard to come to a decision.
When she is not writing, Carol likes to collect and restore antique dolls. She is currently secretary of the North West Doll Club. She is also a keen crafter, enjoys making needlelace, quilting, spinning, dyeing and knitting. These pastimes allow the time for ‘back brain thinking’ while working with the hands, time that is essential for developing ideas for a writer. The same applies to the garden which is one of Carol’s favourite places to write, the other being in any cafe that does not have music blaring in the background!