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Meet author Page Erwin
Page Erwin is the writing duo of Carolyn Page and her husband, Ross Erwin. For nearly twenty years they have lived in central and coastal Maine where they tend their chickens and organic gardens. In a former life, Carolyn was married to a law enforcement officer. Ross is a retired Air Force navigator/bombardier who served in the Air Commandoes and at The Pentagon. Carolyn has degrees from Keene State College and advanced study at East Carolina University and Western Carolina University. Ross’s degrees are from Saint Mary’s College and Central Michigan University. In their combined life experience they have raised ten children.
The couple has traveled extensively and lived in the South and Southwest before settling Downeast. Their hobbies include painting in watercolor and acrylics, and the paintings on their walls reflect their travels, particularly in Europe. Ross spent his early years in The San Francisco Bay Area, and Carolyn grew up in small-town New Hampshire. Each of them taught for a number of years. Ross specialized in management and Bioethics while Carolyn focused on English, literature, oral communications, art history and creative writing. They taught Elderhostel courses from coastal Maine to Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Individually, they have read their essays on Maine Public Radio and, for a number of years, were stoneware potters. They each have two books of poetry, and their work has been widely published in literary arts journals. During the 1990s they owned and operated Nightshade Press and the award winning literary arts journal, Potato Eyes.
In their Maine novels, Page and Erwin strive to ground the story in the nature of place and character, drawing on the substance of daily living and human values in developing their plots. Indeed, the plots of their stories flow from the personalities of the characters rather than being formulaic or situational. Besides the present series of Maine Mysteries, the Page Erwin team has written an historical series set in Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, in the 1880s.
Ross and Carolyn live in a small coastal Maine village in their 1830's farmhouse with three beloved cats, fourteen chickens, and their imaginary dog Sparky.
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