CARPENTER, Lynette 1951-

(D.B. Borton, Della Borton)

PERSONAL: Born December 31, 1951, in NC; daughter of Robert (an importer) and Mary Jane (an administrative secretary; maiden name, Borton) Carpenter. Education: University of Texas, B.A., 1973; Indiana University, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1979. Politics: Liberal. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, pottery, aikido.

ADDRESSES: Home—Delaware, OH. Office—Department of English, Ohio Wesleyan University, 61 South Sandusky St., Delaware, OH 43015-2333. Agent—Sue Clark, 410 W. Richmond Ave., Point Richmond, CA 94801. E-mail—llcarpen@cc.owu.edu.

CAREER: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1980–89, began as assistant professor of English, became associate director then acting director of women's studies; Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, assistant professor, 1989–96, associate professor of English, 1996–.

MEMBER: Modern Language Association of America, National Women's Studies Association, Authors Guild, Authors League of America, Sisters in Crime.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Wendy K. Kolmar) Haunting the House of Fiction: Feminist Perspectives on Ghost Stories by American Women, University of Tennessee Press (Knoxville, TN), 1991.

(With Wendy K. Kolmar) Ghost Stories by British and American Women: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1998.

Contributor to periodicals, including Ms.

"CAT CALIBAN" MYSTERY SERIES; UNDER PSEUDONYM D.B. BORTON

One for the Money, Berkley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 1993.

Two Points for Murder, Berkley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 1993.

Three Is a Crowd, Berkley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 1994.

Four Elements of Murder, Berkley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 1995.

Five Alarm Fire, Berkley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 1996.

Six Feet Under, Hilliard & Harris (Frederick, MD), 2004.

Seventh Deadly Sin, Hilliard & Harris (Frederick, MD), 2004.

"GILDA LIBERTY" MYSTERY SERIES; UNDER PSEUDONYM DELLA BORTON

Fade to Black, Random House (New York, NY), 1999.

Freeze Frame, Fawcett Books (New York, NY), 2000.

Slow Dissolve, Fawcett Books (New York, NY), 2001.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Armchair Detective, fall, 1996, review of Five Alarm Fire, p. 487; summer, 1997, review of Six Feet Under, p. 361.

Bookwatch, July, 1996, review of Five Alarm Fire, p. 8.