Cara
Black frequents a Paris little known outside the beaten tourist track.
A Paris she discovers on research trips and interviews with French
police, private detectives and café owners. She lives in San
Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and their teenage son. She is
a San Francisco Library Laureate and a member of the Paris
Sociéte Historique in the Marais. Her nationally bestselling and
award nominated Aimée Leduc Investigation series has been
translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Hebrew. She's
included in the GREAT WOMEN MYSTERY WRITERS by Elizabeth Lindsay 2nd
editon published in the UK. Her first three novels in the series MURDER
IN THE MARAIS, MURDER IN BELLEVILLE AN MURDER IN THE SENTIER -
nominated for an Anthony Award as Best Novel - were published in the UK
in 2008 and MURDER IN THE LATIN QUARTER comes out in the UK in
2010. Several of her books have been chosen as BookSense Picks and
INDIE NEXT choice by the Amerian Association of Independent Bookstores.
The Washington Post listed MURDER IN THE RUE DE PARADIS in the
Best Fiction Choices of 2008. MURDER IN THE LATIN QUARTER is a finalist
for Best Novel Award from the NCIBA Northern California Independent
Booksellers Association.
She is currently working on the next book in the Aimée Leduc
series.
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Interview from Bonjour Parisnew!
Cara, like Aimée, once had a moped and appreciates their tempermental tendencies. She also, like Aimée, likes dogs and owns a Coton de Tulear Unlike Aimée, she has never owned an apartment on the Ile St. Louis but feels she will someday when the lottery smiles on her. She loves black and white photography and took many of the photos on this website--but not this one. Dennis Hearn, a prominent North Beach photographer, was bribed with several lattes to spend his afternoon doing this.
Any Paris experiences you want to share? Any great books on France you've discovered?
Feel free to e-mail Cara at chamaret@aol.com and tell her!