Carolyn Banks (born February 9, 1941) is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor, and screenwriter residing in Bastrop, Texas.

Her first national publication was her short story "Idyll," which appeared in Voyages,[1][failed verification][2] a literary magazine, in 1968, alongside the work of Anaïs Nin, Josephine Miles and Theodore Weiss.

[3] Cosmopolitan called the novel "...a triumph of erotic and witty narrative tension with an impact as startling as it is satisfying."

[2] As a result of this, Banks started writing scripts and producing short movies including "Dead On" and "Bastrop: The First 175 Years,"[2] which won Best Documentary at a 2007 South Texas film festival.

[7] In 2011, the Austin Film Society awarded Banks a grant from the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund[8] to complete her short comedy, "Sex and the Septuagenarian."