Carol Goodman | |
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Pen name | Juliet Dark Lee Carroll |
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Nationality | American |
Genre | Gothic fiction |
Spouse | Lee Slonimsky |
Carol Goodman, also known under the pseudonym Juliet Dark, is an American professor and author of gothic fiction [1] who has also written under the pseudonym Lee Carroll with husband Lee Slonimsky. [1] Goodman currently serves as a creative writing professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. [2]
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