CAROLYN SUMMER QUINN grew up singing show tunes in Roselle and Scotch Plains, NJ, a member of an outrageous and rollicking extended family. She became interested in theatrical history at the age of twelve after participating in a theater arts workshop and later obtained a B.A. in English and Theater/Media from Kean University. She particularly loves the songs and styles of the 1920s. Carolyn wrote "MAMA ROSE'S TURN: The True Story of America's Most Notorious Stage Mother" after extensively researching the life of Rose Thompson Hovick, whose colorful and unorthodox parenting style inspired the Broadway musical Gypsy. Her second book, for middle-grade students, is the historical novel KEEP YOUR SONGS IN YOUR HEAR: A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP AND HOPE DURING WORLD WAR II. It's an Award Finalist in the Pre-Teen Category of the 2019 American Fiction Awards. Carolyn lives in New York City and can be contacted through her website, www.carolynquinn.net. She can also be found on www.carolynquinn.artistwebsites.com.

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