I am the author/co-author/ghostwriter for biographies, memoirs, and mysteries that have made major national bestseller lists in all three formats: print, ebook, and audio. My work has been praised by a wide range of sources from the National Academy of Sciences to Dolly Parton.
I have degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Law. I worked as Counsel to two U.S. Senate Committees in the fields of science, technology, energy, and environment.
I am credited as the author or co-author on fifteen published works. Contact information for the people I’ve co-written/ghostwritten for is publicly available. Additional details are available on request.
My books have been recommended by NPR, Voice of America, Sirius/XM Radio, and the NY Public Library, among many others.
I’ve worked with over 100 rangers and other wilderness experts to create four books about national park wildlife; as well as more than thirty physicians and sixty nurses to create five medical books. My work has been translated into French, German, and Hungarian.
My work has been praised by the Smithsonian, National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, American Library Association, National Science Teachers Association, and public television.
“Heart in the Right Place” was chosen as a “Book Sense Best Book Club Book of the Year” and a “#1 Non-Fiction Pick in the Nation” by the American Booksellers Association. It was Family Circle magazine’s first ever Book of the Month and won awards from Elle and More magazines.
It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly: “Jourdan’s dispatches from the reception desk make for a stirring, beautiful memoir that is alternately hilarious and heartbreaking, and ultimately a triumph.” It was deemed a “Great Book about Extraordinary People” by Great Books, Great Libraries.
Physicians Weekly named “Medicine Men” to the list of “Five Books Every Health Care Professional Should Read.” Both “Bear in the Back Seat” and “Out on a Limb” made BookRiot’s list of “Must Reads for the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service.”
Fannie Flagg — Author of “Fried Green Tomatoes” — said my writing was: “Heartwarming, funny and utterly appealing.”
Dolly Parton — Singer, Songwriter, and Actress — said: “[Heart in the Right Place] is a wonderful book. I would have enjoyed it even if Carolyn wasn’t a neighbor of mine in East Tennessee. She is a great writer.
