Awards and Accolades

The Whitefish Library Association honored Carol with the "Spirit of Dorothy Johnson" award at a gala book festival on June 4, 2016.

Western Writers of America. Spur Award for Best First Novel, for God's Thunderbolt: the Vigilantes of Montana. 2009.

Western Writers of America. Spur Finalist. Gold Under Ice. 2011.

Washington State Book Award. Top Ten Finalist for Wordsworth's Gardens.
Carol Buchanan, Author. Richard Buchanan, Photographer. 2002.