Carla Coon has been happily married to her husband Darrell for 25 years, living in Upstate New York and raising their eight children. They are new grandparents to three baby girls. Carla’s first novel, THE GLEN, was born of a synergy of two great passions: religious studies and the outdoors.
Carla Coon's professional experience includes working as Editor of LifeWork’s Magazine, where she also contributed a monthly column. She also wrote in-depth for the National Catholic Register and was published in the New Oxford Review, Catholic Faith & Family, The Catholic Sun and the Press & Sun-Bulletin. Prior to that she was a Program Coordinator for a non-profit group and Director of Religious Education at a large parish.
Once a professional ballroom dance instructor, Carla enjoys music and dance, roaming art museums, and travel
with her husband. Her current work
involves coordinating the establishment of EnCourage family support groups in Syracuse area.
“..And they spun, he and the blackness.And as they spun supernaturally downward in a motion that Gabe could only liken to a flushing toilet, Tzaddik was engaging the enemy. This truth was lost on Gabriel Katz, but as long as he held on and fought with every ounce of his strength, every evil dot of that malevolent force, that legion of Hell sent to destroy the boy, was engaged instead with Tzaddik Gabrielus, chosen by God for that very task.”