District 83 Honors Author Carol Higgins Clark with 2011-2012 Communication and Leadership Award

April 22, 2012 - PRLog -- New York Times bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark will be honored with a the Communication and Leadership Award at the Toastmasters International District 83 Annual Spring Conference planned for Saturday, May 5 through Sunday, May 6 at the Morristown Hyatt, 3 Speedwell Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960.

"The award is presented to an individual non-Toastmaster who displays superb communication skills and leadership qualities in the community," said Lisa Pantano, District 83 Governor.  "Ms. Clark, a longtime Toastmasters supporter, truly represents the intent of this recognition."

Ms. Higgins Clark has written fourteen previous Regan Reilly mysteries. She is also co-author, with her mother, Mary Higgins Clark, of a bestselling holiday suspense series. Carol’s first mystery, Decked, was published in 1992 and was nominated for both the Anthony and the Agatha Awards.

Also an actress, Carol studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse after receiving her B.A, from Mount Holyoke College. She appeared in Wendy Wasserstein’s “Uncommon Women and Others” at Carnegie Hall, a play set at Mount Holyoke. Recently she played twins who own a bar together in the TNT production of Deck The Halls, the first book Carol wrote with her mother. It’s also the book in which Regan meets Jack.

Using one word titles ending in “ED” came about by accident. After Decked, Carol wrote a book about a murder at a pantyhose convention. She joked that it should be called Snagged. Snagged it was! The rest is history! Carol has a long list of titles to come.

About District 83:

District 83 includes 150 clubs in Metropolitan New Jersey, Staten Island, NY, and Rockland County, New York. For more information, please visit the District 83 website at http://www.toastmasters83.org.


About Toastmasters International:

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Founded in October 1924, the organization currently has more than 270,000 members in 13,000 clubs in 116 countries. Each week, Toastmasters helps more than a quarter million people of every ethnicity, education and profession build their competence in communication so they can gain the confidence to lead others. For information about local Toastmasters clubs, please visit http://www.toastmasters.org