Carolyn Wheat

Wheat is the author of the Cass Jameson series of mystery novels.^[2] She was shortlisted for the 1984 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel for Dead Men's Thoughts.^[3]

In 1996 she won the Agatha Award for best short story for "Accidents Will Happen".^[4] That story was also won the 1997 Anthony Awards for best short story.^[5] She won the 1997 MacAvity Award for best mystery short story for "Cruel & Unusual" and was shortlisted in 2000 and 2003.^[6]

Wheat teaches novel writing at the University of San Diego.^[7]

• Wheat, Carolyn (1983). Dead Men's Thoughts. St Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312185015.
• —— (1986). Where Nobody Dies. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-86700-3.
• —— (1995). Fresh Kills. Berkley. ISBN 978-0-425-15276-8.
• —— (1996). Mean Streak. Berkley. ISBN 978-0-425-15317-8.
• —— (1997). Troubled Waters. Berkley. ISBN 978-0-425-15784-8.
• —— (1998). Sworn to Defend. Berkley. ISBN 978-0-425-16303-0.

• Wheat, Carolyn (2000). Tales Out of School. Crippen & Landru. ISBN 1-885941-47-1.

• Wheat, Carolyn (2003). How to Write Killer Fiction. Daniel & Daniel. ISBN 978-1880284629.