Carolyn Korsmeyer is a philosopher turned novelist, a shift of writing that isn't as strange as it may seem at first, as she is interested in the various ways that ideas can be conveyed by different kinds of writing, whether academic treatise or fictional narrative. She has published three novels and five books of philosophy, and her fourth novel will appear in 2027. She is also a co-editor of two collections of short stories: Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women, and Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews.
Her most recent novel, Riddle of Spirit and Bone, was inspired by the replacement of gas mains in her neighborhood. Curious to know what might be hidden beneath the sidewalk, she peered into deep trenches everyday, discovering nothing. Fiction came to the rescue with a human bone, and the rise of spiritualism in the nineteenth century provided a historical timeline to explore.
Her fourth novel, tentatively titled No Final Harbor, will be published by Regal House in 2027. The story is set in 1936, when eleven Americans set sail for Japan, despite mounting global tensions. There is a spy story, a romance, and lots of secrets. Stay tuned.
Carolyn Korsmeyer is a philosopher turned novelist, a shift of writing that isn't as strange as it may seem at first, as she is interested in the various ways that ideas can be conveyed by different kinds of writing, whether academic treatise or fictional narrative. She has published three novels and five books of philosophy, and her fourth novel will appear in 2027. She is also a co-editor of two collections of short stories: Feisty Deeds:...
In this dual timeline novel, the discovery of a skeleton buried beneath a city sidewalk leads a group of student archaeologists on a quest to discover its identity. In 1951, three newly homeless women seek the aid of a cunning spiritualist, who leads them on a perilous journey from one séance to the next. As the past collides with the present,...
A visit to Krakow intended to test a new relationship turns out to be fraught with danger when two Americans encounter a man pursuing a dark ambition in the waning months of the last millennium. Theft, murder, and magic propel the plot, which reaches a climax at the turn of the millennium, when relationships are realigned and follies laid bare.
Charlotte Lucas, a character first appearing in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, has made an unfortunate marriage to the loquacious William Collins, reckoning that his tedious conversation is a small price to pay for the prosperous home and family she hopes to gain. However, trouble brews within the first months of marriage, and she is upset...
I’m not the only author who has shifted from academic writing to novels, and I’m probably not the only one who has found the transition perplexing. I’d been publishing books and articles in philosophy for a long time before turning my hand to fiction. It took a while, but after several years tapping away at a story, I finally had a manuscript long enough to count as a novel. Hopefully, I started looking for a publisher.
The gulf that yawns between academic and fiction writing was unexpected. I...
