Carolyn See (née Laws; January 13, 1934 – July 13, 2016) was a professor emerita of English at the University of California, Los Angeles,[3] and the author of ten books, including the memoir, Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America, an advice book on writing, Making a Literary Life, and the novels There Will Never Be Another You, Golden Days, and The Handyman.

[4][6] Her mother eventually remarried and got pregnant, and 16-year-old Caroline was sent to live with her father and stepmother in Los Angeles.

During her second year at City College, she married Richard See and moved with him to Newfoundland where he was mustered for the Korean War.

from California State University, Los Angeles and gave birth to her first daughter, Lisa See.

[4][5] See won the Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Contest in 1958 for her unpublished novel The Waiting Game and used the $250 prize money to pay for her divorce from Richard See.

[5] In the late 1960s See began writing articles for the Los Angeles Times and celebrity profiles for TV Guide.

[4] At this time See worked out her writing habit—one thousand words a day on white unlined paper in felt pens.

[6] See also wrote books with her daughter Lisa See and John Espey under the pen name Monica Highland.