Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2017 | Page 509

Carol Ottley-Mitchell, Caribbean Author of Children’s Books, St.Kitts/Nevis

Carol Ottley-Mitchell describes herself as an island girl, having lived on
her fair share of Caribbean islands over the years. She was born in Nevis;
grew up in Jamaica, Trinidad, and St. Kitts; studied in Barbados; and
married a St. Lucian.
Her formal training and work experience are in business and IT, but no
matter what she’s done, somehow Carol always gravitated to writing,
whether it was writing code (yes, that is creative writing as well),
business proposals, technical user manuals, or marketing materials. So,
it was neither a stretch nor a surprise for her to discover that she really
was in love with creative writing and today, she proudly has fourteen
authored books under her belt.