Carol Lynch Williams is an author of Young Adult and Middle Grade novels.
[2] She graduated in 2008 from Vermont College of Fine Arts with a degree in Writing for Children and Young Adults.
John Bennion noted about that her characters "return love for cruelty.
"[6] Williams' characters have to deal with abuse, aging, death, suicide, and other difficult challenges, yet rise above all of these difficulties.
Bennion remarked, "we identify with her young women adults because they come out independent, relying on themselves.