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If you want to find Glenda Carroll, she’ll be in, on, or under water—and writing about it. She understands water sports on a personal level since she swims, surfs and sails. Glenda was a long time sports columnist for the Marin Independent Journal. She was also a columnist for Pacific Waverider, a northern California surfing website. She writes the Trisha Carson mysteries, Dead Code, which recently came out in audio, Drop Dead Red and Dead in the Water set in the San Francisco Bay area. Better Off Dead, the latest in the series, will be out in early 2025.Her books have a swimming undercurrent, based on her experience. She’s raced in over 150 open water swims in California, as well as Hawaii and Perth, Australia. Glenda tutors first-generation, high schoolers in English. She lives in San Rafael, CA with doggo, McCovey