Carolyn Banks


Carolyn Banks is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor, and screenwriter residing in Bastrop, Texas.

Writing career

20th century

Her first national publication was her short story "Idyll," which appeared in Voyages,

21st century

In 2007, Amber Quill also reprinted a 1995 literary novel Banks wrote entitled The Turtle's Voice. The novel won the 1995 Austin Book Award.
Her most recent novel is "The Importance of Being Erica." Banks calls it a farcical novel. It features Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker.
In September, 2025, Running Wild Press will publish "The Death Knot," a thriller.
Banks is listed in Contemporary Authors, Vol. 105 and is a member of Author's Guild and the Texas Institute of Letters.
In 2001, Banks co-founded a nonprofit organization called Upstart, Inc., a media arts organization that organises experts to teach screenwriting, production and post-production, and which runs the local public access cable television station, Bastrop Community Access Television. As a result of this, Banks started writing scripts and producing short movies including "Dead On" and "Bastrop: The First 175 Years," which won Best Documentary at a 2007 South Texas film festival. From 2014 to 2022, Banks taught English for Austin Community College.
In 2009, Banks wrote and directed the comic-horror feature film, Invicta. In 2011, the Austin Film Society awarded Banks a grant from the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund to complete her short comedy, "Sex and the Septuagenarian."

Novels

Mr. Right The Darkroom The Girls on the Row Patchwork Death by Dressage Groomed for Death Murder Well Bred The Turtle's Voice Death on the Diagonal A Horse to Die For The Importance of Being Erica
  • ''The Death Knot''

Short stories

  • ''Tart Tales: Elegant Erotic Stories''

Anthologies

Catholic Girls: Stories, Poems, and Memoirs I Shudder at Your Touch Slow Hand Full Frontal Fiction Chick-Lit: Postfeminist Fiction, first use of genre term Chick Lit
  • ''Gargoyle''

Books edited

A Loving Voice: A Caregiver's Book of Read-Aloud Stories for the Elderly
  • ''A Loving Voice II: A Caregiver's Book of More Read-Aloud Stories for the Elderly''

Filmography

Invicta A Child's Christmas in Texas Sex and the Septuagenarian
  • ''The Fire''