Cara was born in Chicago in 1954, but has lived in California's Bay Area since she was five years old. She was educated at Cañada College in California, Sophia University in Yotsuya, Tokyo in Japan, and finished her schooling at San Francisco State University where she earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in education
Black is the author of thirteen books in the bestselling Aimée Leduc series. She has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year citation, the Médaille de la Ville de Paristhe Paris City Medal, which is awarded in recognition of contribution to international cultureand invitations to be the Guest of Honor at conferences such as the Paris Polar Crime Festival and Left Coast Crime.
She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son, and visits Paris frequently.
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