With a sword swallower as a father and a Midwest fundamentalist soprano for a mother, is it any wonder I became a writer?

I am currently putting finishing touches on my novel THE SWORD SWALLOWER'S DAUGHTER, an up-market coming of age story set in racially diverse Southern California during 1968. 

In addition to writing fiction, I am a travel journalist with a regular assignment writing features for the Riverside, California Press-Enterprise.

I maintain two blogs, one published by the Press-Enterprise called INLAND TRAVELER, the other one being my personal blog, OVATIONS.  

Across the years I’ve been assistant editor of a national music magazine (CCM), written magazine cover features, personality profiles, music reviews and food features.  I’ve had short fiction published in The Rose & Thorn (Spring, 2007) and Breath & Shadow (October 2007). I am an active member of the Backspace writing community, where nearly a dozen of my short stories have placed within the top 3 in the Backspace Short Story Contests.

You can learn more about me and my writing on my website at: www.CarolynBurnsBass.com/fiction.