Caroline Bock writes stories — from micros to novels. She is the author of the novel The Other Beautiful People, forthcoming from Regal House Publishing in summer 2026. A graduate of Syracuse University, she studied creative writing with Raymond Carver and poetry with Jack Gilbert and Tess Gallagher. In 2011, after a 20-year career as a cable television executive, she earned an MFA in fiction from the City College of New York. She has short fiction forthcoming in the Hopkins Review. She is the co-president and prose editor at the Washington Writers’ Publishing House. She lives in Maryland with her family.
10 entries by Caroline Bock
How writer/editor/publisher Richard Peabody transformed DC’s literary scene.
But books like Maus must never stop telling it.
How Plamen Press is helping U.S. readers discover Eastern European works.
How Apprentice House Press shapes future publishing pros.
Arte Público Press brings Latin-diaspora stories to readers in the U.S.
A newish children’s publisher is making waves in DC and beyond.
Alan Squire Publishing tries something new.
(Which, in the case of this indie press, is a good thing.)
Baltimore-based Yellow Arrow Publishing elevates women writers.
This new blog will explore why small presses are such a big deal.