Author Biographies
Opal Carew
By Opal Carew
Aug 24, 2007, 10:36

Opal Carew is the author of over a dozen romance stories (also writing as Elizabeth Batten-Carew) in which she makes offerings of hope, success, and love to her readers. Opal loves crystals, dragons, feathers, cats, pink hair, the occult, Manga artwork, and all that glitters. She earned a degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and spent 15 years as a software analyst before turning to her passions as a writer. Opal lives with her husband and two teen-aged sons in Ontario, Canada.

My previous professional life was as a computer software engineer. After graduating from the University of Waterloo with a Mathematics degree specializing in Computer Science, I worked for 15 years in the high tech. field before becoming a stay-at-home mom. Over the next few years, I continued to do the odd consulting contract to bring in extra dollars and to keep my knowledge up-to-date. Now, both my boys are teenagers and I consider myself a full-time writer.

My first reading passion was science fiction. My dad and older brother were avid SF fans and between them they'd collected hundreds of SF books, which I started reading before I hit my teens When I discovered "The Hobbit", I turned onto fantasy, too. (My husband is also a big SF fan. When we got married, we combined our book collections and we've been carting around 20 boxes of SF and fantasy books ever since.)

I picked up my first contemporary romance after having my first baby (I needed something to do during those middle-of-the-night feedings) I loved them! Think of my delight when I found that there were actually books that combined my reading passions. Romance set in the far future. Contemporary romance with a twist. Fantasy romance.

Now I write futuristic romances, fantasy romances, contemporary romances with wizards, or genies, or alternate realities, or alien abductions, or… pretty well anything a little different. And sometimes, straight contemporary romance. I write every length, from short stories to long novels, but mostly I tend to mid-sized novels and novellas.

Did I mention I like my romances hot? Now, with the newest genre of romance, called romantica, I can explore a whole new realm of romance.

I would appreciate hearing from you if you like my work. You can send me an email at OpalCarew@BestRomanceAuthors.com

If you'd like me to inform you when I have new books or stories available, please email me at OpalCarew@BestRomanceAuthors.com and ask to be added to may mailing list. (I promise, I do not share email information with anyone else and I won't inundate you with tons of messages.)