Anne McCarthy Strauss

Anne McCarthy Strauss is a writer of women's fiction and memoir. In 2013, Booktrope published her first novel, A Medical Affair, the story of a doctor who violates a sacred trust by having an affair with one of his patients. The Passion Thief, which came out in 2014, is a story about the one who got away. Strauss injects humor into the tragic situation of a woman torn between a boring marriage and her still-exciting first love. She keeps you guessing until the book's extraordinary ending.

Recently, she has turned to memoir with the deeply moving story of her husband's decades of physical and mental decline. It is titled The Caregiver which is the part she played until his passing. Like many Baby Boomers, Anne found herself the caregiver to her spouse during times of extreme illness. Unfortunately, the marriage had broken down, making The Caregiver a memoir about a midlife marriage deflated by sickness, dishonesty and time.

She has written for both consumer and trade magazines and has been a regular contributor to Martha's Vineyard Magazine and Vineyard Style. After decades living on Long Island, Anne now lives in Upstate New York.