Carrie Stuart Parks is an internationally known forensic artist and law enforcement instructor, working on major criminal cases throughout the nation. She trains law enforcement professionals such as the FBI, Secret Service, NCIS, Federal Marshals, RCMP, and Texas Rangers as well as local and regional officers. She was nominated for Law Enforcement Trainer of the Year offered by the Federal Law Enforcement Academy at Glynco, Georgia. Her career highlights also include winning Woman of the Year for the Spirit of the American Woman and the first Educator of the Year by the Lewis Clark Alumni.
Her bestselling mystery/suspense novels have won numerous awards highlighted below. She was mentored by her friend, Frank Peretti, for eight years before launching her fiction writing career. Prior to that, she wrote and illustrated best-selling art books for North Light Publishers.
Carrie is a popular speaker and presenter and has been the Special Guest at the Writer’s Police Academy, Early Bird Special Presenter along with Frank Peretti at the American Christian Fiction Writers, Keynote at the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference, as well as presented at ThrillerFest, Daphne Du Maurier’s Kiss of Death, BlueRidge Mountain Christian Writer’s Conference, and numerous other conferences.
As a professional fine artist, she her paintings hanging in a number of corporate and private collections.
Awards and Acknowledgements
Christy Award Winner best mystery/suspense/thriller
- When Death Draws Near
- Relative Silence
Christy Award Finalist best mystery/suspense/thriller
- A Cry From the Dust
- The Bones Will Speak
Carol Award Winner best mystery/suspense/thriller
- A Cry From the Dust
- When Death Draws Near
- Portrait of Vengeance
- Fallout
Carol Award Finalist best mystery/suspense/thriller
- Relative Silence
Inspy Award Winner best mystery/suspense/thriller (Blogger’s Award)
- The Bones Will Speak
- Portrait of Vengeance
Inspy Award Finalist best mystery/suspense/thriller (Blogger’s Award)
- When Death Draws Near
Golden Scroll Award Winner best mystery/suspense/thriller
- Fragments of Fear
Golden Scroll Award finalist best mystery/suspense/thriller
- Portrait of Vengeance
- Fallout
Kudos Award Winner Best Fiction
- Fallout
- Woman in Shadow
- Relative Silence
Additional Writing Awards and Acknowledgments
- Christian Retailing Best Finalist:mystery/suspense
- Family Fiction Readers Choice 15 Best Books of 2015
- RT Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Awards for 2016 finalist
- Wright Award Winner Fiction
- Maxwell Award Winner, Fiction
- RT Finalist Inspirational mystery/suspense/thriller
- Daphne du Maurier finalist Mainstream
- Silver Falchion mystery finalist (2)
- Kipp Award (reader’s choice) finalist Suspense
- Cascade award finalist contemporary
- Angel Book Awards Winner mystery/suspense/thriller (2)
- Publisher’s Weekly starred Review
- Christian Market finalist