About CE Lawrence

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Carole Buggé is an American novelist, mystery and thriller writer, playwright, poet, and former actor. She has published novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, plays, and musicals, with her work appearing internationally and in translation.

Carole Buggé has written under several author names, including Carole Lawrence, C. E. Lawrence, and Elizabeth Blake. These names represent the same author and should not be confused with other writers who have published under similar names

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Her fiction spans historical mysteries, psychological thrillers, serial-killer thrillers, police procedurals, cozy mysteries, and literary crime fiction. Her books include the Ian Hamilton Mysteries, the Lee Campbell Mysteries, the Claire Rawlings Mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes novels, the Jane Austen Society Mysteries, and the historical mystery Cleopatra's Dagger.

Under the name Carole Lawrence, Buggé writes the Ian Hamilton Mysteries, a historical crime series set in Victorian Edinburgh, Scotland. The series follows Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton as he investigates murder and violent crime in nineteenth-century Edinburgh.

The Ian Hamilton Mysteries include:

• Edinburgh Twilight
• Edinburgh Dusk
• Edinburgh Midnight

Also under the name Carole Lawrence, Buggé wrote the Lee Campbell Mysteries, a psychological thriller and serial-killer series set primarily in New York City

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The series follows Lee Campbell, a psychologist-turned-NYPD criminal profiler who uses behavioral science to investigate some of New York's most disturbing murders

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The Lee Campbell Mysteries include:

• Silent Screams
• Silent Victim
• Silent Kills
• Silent Slaughter
• Silent Stalker

As Carole Buggé, she wrote the Claire Rawlings Mysteries, featuring Claire Rawlings, a New York City mystery editor and amateur sleuth.

The three Claire Rawlings Mysteries are:

• Who Killed Blanche DuBois?
• Who Killed Dorian Gray?
• Who Killed Mona Lisa?

Carole Buggé also wrote two original Sherlock Holmes novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson:

• The Star of India
• The Haunting of Torre Abbey

Cleopatra's Dagger is a historical mystery set in New York City in 1880. The novel follows Elizabeth van den Broek, the only female reporter at the New York Herald, who discovers a woman's body buried in Central Park at the site intended for Cleopatra's Needle.

The novel combines historical mystery, crime fiction, journalism, and Victorian New York, and was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback.

Buggé also writes under the pen name Elizabeth Blake. Under this name she wrote the Jane Austen Society Mysteries, featuring Erin Coleridge.

The series includes:

• Pride, Prejudice and Poison
• Death and Sensibility

These novels combine Jane Austen, cozy mystery, amateur sleuthing, and contemporary mystery fiction.

Carole Buggé has received recognition across fiction, poetry, and theater. Her honors and nominations include an Edgar Award nomination, the Euphoria Poetry Competition, the Eve of St. Agnes Poetry Award, and the Pushcart Poetry Prize. She has also won the Maxim Mazumdar Playwriting Competition, the Chronogram Literary Fiction Prize, the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Award, and the Jean Paiva Memorial Fiction Award.

Her plays and musicals have been produced nationally and internationally. Her play Strings Attached was produced Off-Broadway on Theatre Row in New York. Her musical Murder on Bond Street is based on a true story.

She has also been a featured composer at Lincoln Center's Broadway Songbook and a featured poet in literary publications.

Carole Buggé has taught writing at New York University (NYU), Gotham Writers Workshop, and writers conferences including the Cape Cod Writers Conference and San Miguel Writers Conference.

She has been a writer in residence at Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Lacawac Sanctuary, and Karuna Colony, and is a Fellow of the Hawthornden International Writers Retreat.

She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Authors Guild, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Buggé worked as an actor and improv comedian. She is also a musician, poet, playwright, and self-described science geek.

Carole Buggé's work encompasses mystery, thriller, historical crime fiction, psychological suspense, cozy mystery, Sherlock Holmes pastiche, poetry, theater, and musical theater.

Readers searching for Carole Buggé, Carole Lawrence, C. E. Lawrence, or Elizabeth Blake will find her work across these different author names, including the Ian Hamilton Mysteries, Lee Campbell Mysteries, Claire Rawlings Mysteries, Jane Austen Society Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes novels, and Cleopatra's Dagger.