Carrie Dalby has lived in Mobile, Alabama, since 1996, but called locations in both San Diego and Santa Cruz counties home while growing up in California. Serving two terms as president of Mobile Writers’ Guild, five years as the Mobile area Local Liaison for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and helping coordinate the Mobile Literary Festival are just a few of the writing-related volunteer positions she’s held. When Carrie isn’t reading, writing, researching, or browsing bookstores, libraries, estate sales, thrift stores, museums, or archives, she can often be found volunteering with the Mobile Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association or attending concerts.
For adult readers (recommended 16+) Carrie’s fiction projects are all historical Southern Gothics. In the family saga genre, there is The Possession Chronicles, including eight novels, one novella, and several short stories, and The Malevolent Trilogy. Carrie’s most recent fiction project was the paranormal/parapsychology historical Southern Gothic quartet titled Washington Square Secrets. Each of the three series are complete!
Carrie’s two young adult novels (ages 12+) are Fortitude (historical) and Corroded (contemporary). Fortitude is listed as a “Best History Book for kids” with Grateful American Foundation for its historical accuracy and being an engaging read for fifth through tenth graders, though adults enjoy it as well.
Carrie’s [mini] memoir about her hours riding with the Mobile Police Department is Fragments Observed: Lessons Learned on Patrol and is available in print and e-book as of March 24, 2026.
