My sole desire is to put all that I am and all that I represent into my stories. The issues that are important to me are my faith in Jesus Christ, racial issues, issues of disability.  

Nominated for 2008 Clive Staples Award for Christian worldview speculative fiction published in 2007
Nominated for 2008 Pluto awards

Carole McDonnell holds a BA degree in Literature from SUNY Purchase and has spent most of her years surrounded by things literary. Her writings appears in various anthologies including “So Long Been Dreaming: Post-colonialism in science fiction,” edited by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Arsenal Pulp Press; Fantastic Visions III" anthology published by Fantasist Enterprises; “Jigsaw Nation” published by Spyre publications, "Life Spices from Seasoned Sistahs: writings by mature women of color,” “Then an angel came along,” published by Pleasant Word Books Her reviews appear in print and at various online sites. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, two sons, and their pets.

Dark Parables
My blog dedicated to reviews, racial, and literary stuff.

Carole McDonnell blog
My blog dedicated to religious issues

Black Science Fiction Society
A web community dedicated to black speculative fiction

Lost Genre Guild
A web community dedicated to Christian speculative fiction